Narrator: 230 million people watched the 'Infinity War' trailer in the first 24 hours. For me, a movie is about dialogue and drama. Tyler: I don't like most comic book movies.

Kids and adults all over the world were excited about the countdown for the release of this film, which by the way was happening on top of the tallest building in the world in Dubai. Most of the production was not just done in Hollywood - it was all over the world with people, and ideas, and actors. Ian: I think what's fantastic about 'Infinity War' is that it was truly a global production. To help us on this journey, we've recruited two experts on the global economy, Ian Bremmer - political scientist, best-selling author, and founder of Eurasia Group Foundation - and Tyler Cowen - economist, also best-selling author, and professor at George Mason University. If we dig deeper, we'll find that 'Infinity War' provides a door to better understand just how globalized our world has become. What can a movie about superpowers, Infinity Stones and a talking raccoon tell us about the real world - a real world where we worry not that Iron Man might be overmatched by Thanos - but that people might be overmatched against the forces of globalization and automation? Narrator: Thanos versus an entire universe of superheroes - 'Infinity War,' an epic film with an epic budget that had an ending that shocked audiences. They’ll lead you on a rollicking adventure that explores the rise of the Avengers, the fall of Kodak, and a graph so famous it has its own mascot! That’s why we’ve partnered with Eurasia Group Foundation and enlisted two intellectual wizards to help us out: Ian Bremmer, expert political scientist, bestselling author, and Twitter extraordinaire and MRU’s own Tyler Cowen, expert economist, bestselling author, and iron man of blogging. We’re donning our scuba gear and diving in deep to better understand where the economy is going, how students should navigate it, and how these forces shape our society.Ī topic of this magnitude requires a bit more firepower than usual. Globalization and robots dominate the discussion of jobs, politics, and more.

Globalization and Robots: The Future of Work The progressively faster movement of goods, services, and information has had enormous effects on how our planet operates. How can Avengers: Infinity War help us better understand globalization?Įconomist Tyler Cowen and political scientist Ian Bremmer examine the four different stages of globalization, and what each stage has meant for the world.

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