This power point presentation with reference to Catholic Social Teaching critiques globalization through three lens: globalization as a new perception of space relations, as global economic integration and as an economic doctrine. It concludes with alternative directions to pursue to bring about a more just future.

The United States has been aggressively pursuing deregulation and privatization of service sectors for some years at the federal, state and local levels. The impact of privatization and deregulation in the US is abundantly clear and sends a message of caution to other countries' deregulation and privatization agenda that is being pushed globally. This paper presents three short case studies: Crisis in the state of California, The Privatization and Closing of DC General Hospital Washington, D.C. and Water Privatization in Puerto Rico.