Father Jos? Luis Alem?n, S.J., the dean of local
economists, told his audience at the Conference of Political Parties of Central
America and the Dominican Republic that globalization creates unemployment. He
proposed the creation of new jobs. According to Alem?n, ?The most important
effect of globalization, both in the countries that are net exporters of direct
investments, as well as the receivers of the investment, is the higher
unemployment and lower salaries for the untrained workers.? He went on to say
that the only thing that happens when there is foreign investment is that the
product is produced with cheaper labor. Unfulfilled promises of prosperity will
create unrest and discontent among the population, he said. According to the
economist from the PUCMM, in poor countries there is a tendency whereby many
people, even those well trained, are skeptic about their possibilities of
ascending the socio-economic ladder, and they turn to politics as their
instrument of choice for obtaining social and economic wealth.