"The ways in which these economic processes, largely originating in the US, have, in short order, flowed around the world is breathtaking and, unfortunately, well illustrates this book's major themes."

“The system is run by the few with the few as the main beneficiaries. Most of the people in the world have no say in these systems and are either not helped or are adversely affected by them.”

“Globalization can also be seen as flow of "nothing" , involving the spread of non-places, non-things, non-people and non-services.”

“Free markets induce a natural collective reaction by society.”

“What defines Web 2.0 is the fact that the material on it is generated by the users rather than the producers of the system. Thus, those who operate on Web 2.0 can be called prosumers because they simultaneously produce what they consume such as the interaction on Facebook and the entries on Wikipedia.”

“It is increasingly difficult to find examples of warfare that are unaffected by globalization.”

“One cannot understand globalization, and many of its problems, without understanding neo-liberalism.”