There are two meanings of globalization: globalization as fact and process, and globalization as ideology and contested policy. What is the primary and neutral meaning of globalization as it is applicable to anthropology?
A. the efforts by international financial powers to create a global free market for goods and services
B. the spread and connectedness of production, communication, and technologies across the world
C. promotion of the interests of multinational corporations at the expense of farmers and workers
D. opposition to global free trade
E. the impact of the world on the rest of the universe
Answer: B
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