"We must create a kind of globalization that works for everyone... and not just for a few"
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The subtext is Argentine muscle memory: the 2001 collapse, the corralito, debt default, and a society that watched privatization and free capital flows enrich a narrow class while wages and public capacity cratered. Kirchner came to power insisting the crisis wasn’t merely mismanagement; it was the predictable outcome of a model that socialized risk and privatized gains. So “for everyone” isn’t a soft plea for fairness. It’s a claim that legitimacy itself depends on distribution: if globalization can’t deliver broad material security, it becomes politically toxic, breeding backlash and instability.
Rhetorically, the line works because it sounds moderate while signaling confrontation. He doesn’t reject globalization outright; he demands a redesigned version, one compatible with sovereignty, labor rights, and national development. The target is “not just for a few” - a compact, populist indictment of the Davos consensus, and an invitation to imagine integration on different terms: less trickle-down sermon, more negotiated social contract.
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| Topic | Equality |
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| Source | Later attribution: The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in a G... (Nora Juliane Hildebrand, 2019) modern compilationISBN: 9783668880337 · ID: -riIDwAAQBAJ
Evidence: ... We must create a kind of globalization that works for everyone and not just for a few.” – Nestor Kirchner, former Argentinian president.1 There is no doubt that the process of globalization, defined as the gradual move- ment towards a ... Other candidates (1) Address by Néstor Kirchner at UN General Assembly, 2003 (Nestor Kirchner, 2003)50.0% Our priority must be to ensure that globalization works for all, and not just for the few. (Not paginated in the web ... |
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