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In what way might globalization of the world economy be responsible for the trend of declining labor unions?
Select one:
a. Because of international trade agreements, wages for workers all over the world have risen so much that labor unions are unecessary.
b. Unions are illegal in all countries except for the United States.
c. Because of globalization, labor unions in the United States have been outlawed.
d. Globalization encourages companies to seek lower wage Globalization encourages companies to operate in other countries were wages for labor can be lower.

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Hello, the answer would be D: globalization encourages companies to seek lower wages and to operate in other countries.

Think about Wallerstein's dependency theory: countries in the semiperiphery are somewhat dominated by core countries, and countries in the periphery provide inexpensive labor to the world economy.

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