No, you're wrong, dead wrong. The standard of living of countries all around the world is rising at amazing rates. All indicators point to globalization. What you're pointing out, sweatshops, is a cheapt attack and is barely the tip of the iceburg. Just take China, ever economic indicator shows that through globalization EVERYONE is slowly starting to get out of the gutter, even poor peasants in teh rural areas. Even those working in sweatshops in China are having their standard of living raised.