Economic activity and globalisation

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수업 노트

The four sectors of the economy

  • Primary sector: taking raw materials from the land or sea — farming, fishing, forestry, mining, quarrying.
  • Secondary sector: manufacturing — turning raw materials into products, such as steel, cars and clothing.
  • Tertiary sector: providing services — retail, teaching, healthcare, transport, tourism, banking.
  • Quaternary sector: knowledge and information — research and development, IT, scientific research.

Employment structure changes with development

  • Employment structure is the percentage of workers in each sector.
  • In lower-income countries most people work in the primary sector, usually farming.
  • As a country industrialises, secondary jobs grow (as in the UK in the 19th century and China more recently).
  • In higher-income countries most people work in the tertiary sector — in the UK around four out of five workers — and the quaternary sector grows.
  • This pattern is shown by the Clark–Fisher model.

The changing UK economy

  • In the 20th century many UK coal mines, steelworks and shipyards closed — deindustrialisation.
  • Causes included cheaper imports from abroad, the running-out of easily mined coal, and mechanisation replacing workers.
  • Service industries grew, especially finance in London, retail, tourism and health.
  • Science parks near universities, such as Cambridge Science Park, attract quaternary research companies.
  • Remote working and the internet mean more jobs can be done from anywhere.

What is globalisation?

  • Globalisation is the growing links and interdependence between countries through trade, investment, communications, travel and culture.
  • Goods we buy are often made from parts sourced in many countries.
  • Culture spreads too — the same brands, films, music and food are found worldwide.

Causes of globalisation

  • Transport: container ships and cheap air freight move goods quickly and cheaply; one large container ship can carry thousands of containers.
  • Communications: the internet, mobile phones and satellites let companies manage operations around the world instantly.
  • Trade agreements and trade blocs reduce tariffs (taxes on imports).
  • Transnational corporations spreading their operations across many countries.

Transnational corporations (TNCs)

  • A TNC is a company that operates in more than one country, such as Apple, Nike, Unilever or Toyota.
  • Headquarters and research are usually in a higher-income country; factories are often in countries with lower wages.
  • Advantages for host countries: jobs, higher wages than local alternatives, new skills, investment in infrastructure, tax income.
  • Disadvantages: low pay and poor working conditions in some factories, profits sent back to the home country, pollution, and jobs that can move elsewhere if costs rise.

Global supply chains

  • A supply chain is every step in making and delivering a product, from raw materials to the customer.
  • A smartphone may use cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, components made in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, and final assembly in China before being sold worldwide.
  • Long supply chains can be disrupted — for example by conflict, pandemics or a ship blocking a major canal.
  • Fast fashion relies on cheap labour in countries such as Bangladesh; the 2013 Rana Plaza factory collapse killed more than 1100 workers and raised concerns about working conditions.

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  1. 1.Which sector of the economy involves taking raw materials from the land or sea?

    Easy
    • APrimary
    • BSecondary
    • CTertiary
    • DQuaternary
  2. 2.A car factory is part of which sector?

    Easy
    • APrimary
    • BTertiary
    • CQuaternary
    • DSecondary
  3. 3.A teacher works in which sector?

    Easy
    • ASecondary
    • BQuaternary
    • CTertiary
    • DPrimary
  4. 4.A scientist developing new medicines in a research laboratory works in which sector?

    Easy
    • ATertiary
    • BQuaternary
    • CPrimary
    • DSecondary
  5. 5.What is employment structure?

    Easy
    • AThe percentage of workers in each sector of the economy
    • BThe number of hours people work each week
    • CThe layout of a factory
    • DThe ranking of managers in a company
  6. 6.In most lower-income countries, which sector employs the largest share of workers?

    Easy
    • ASecondary
    • BTertiary
    • CQuaternary
    • DPrimary
  7. 7.Roughly what proportion of UK workers are employed in the tertiary sector?

    Easy
    • AAbout half
    • BAlmost none
    • CAbout four out of five
    • DAbout one in ten
  8. 8.Which model shows how employment structure changes as a country develops?

    Medium
    • AThe Butler model
    • BThe Clark–Fisher model
    • CThe Burgess model
    • DThe demographic transition model

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