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There are also important political and economic changes that have influenced the spread of globalization. Capitalism's emergence as the dominant form of economics -- after the fall of the Iron Curtain, helped to expand the marketplace globally without any barriers. Additionally, transnational forms of government (the United Nations may be one of the most influential) also helped to pioneer globalization. Such...
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