From enthusiasm to apathy: dwindling support for globalization among future generations.

This essay focuses on the declining support for globalization in developing countries, challenging the common view that globalization primarily benefits less developed countries (LDCs). It finds that over time, especially among low-skilled workers and younger generations, citizens in these countries grow increasingly disillusioned with globalization due to rising inequality, job insecurity, and uneven distribution of benefits favoring higher-skilled workers. The essay warns that this growing skepticism, combined with similar backlash in developed nations, threatens the sustainability of the international economic order. It calls for coordinated reforms in global trade policies, including reducing agricultural subsidies in wealthy countries, strengthening labor rights, investing in infrastructure and education in developing countries, and enhancing the role of international organizations like the World Trade Organization to create a more inclusive and politically viable globalization.