A FLAT WORLD

An article in last weeks Economist highlights the increase in migration in Great Britain, which the journalist feels has resulted in Great Britain loosing its charm.

The article revolves around globalisation and its aftermaths. It attempts to highlight both the positive as well as the negative aspects of the issue in question.

If the issue is seen in the broader perspective we observe that globalisation is one of the issues, which is affecting most of the nations around the globe. Even though globalisation has made the world a smaller place to live in; we cannot overlook the fact that it has influenceed the lifestyle of the people in a big way.

When globalisation becomes an integral part of the nations economy a lot of cultural exchanges take place. So when talking about globalisation one must not overlook the the social effects that it has.

The journalist has encompassed an element of history which tends to function as a backgrounder to the whole story and provides a foundation to the article.

However there is an acute lack of figures and statistics. When dealing with an issue like migration and multi-cultarlism the journalist had a lot of room to add a strong point to his article by backing it with a few details; like while mentioning the reduction in crime rate and increase in employment opportunities; figures would make the article much more reliable and authentic.

Overall the article manages to grip the attention of the reader till the end. Also the issue being in the limelight since sometime now it also scores high in urgency of a news story.

Overall the writer has done justice to the whole issue.