GLOBALIZATION VS. DEGLOBALIZATION

The concept of globalization is fairly new, as it has been launched a few decades ago. However the process itself goes way back, during the times of the first explorers. As time passed by, people began to benefit more from the international economic relations that were established throughout the world. But as the negative effects, such as economic crises, international crime, became more and more present in the everyday life of the global citizen, the concept of deglobalization started to be more and more present in people's speech but more importantly in the politicians' speech. Deglobalization, for many, is the solution for all their problems, whether it's the ever-growing general prices, the illegal immigrants and more recently, the pandemic. But in reality, deglobalization is not the answer to the problems that are "created" by the globalization. Or at least not on the long run.

FORIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN ROMANIA DURING THE PANDEMIC

Foreign direct investments have been considered one of the most important source of economic development for the countries throughout the world. As such, the national governments became more and more open to this phenomenon and created all the needed infrastructure to increase the movement of foreign capitals. For Romania, the FDIs offered the possibility to trade internationally, to be an important player, especially inside the European Union. The COVID-19 pandemic is the second big crisis that the Romanian economy has had to overcome, after the financial crisis from 2007, when the country lost more foreign investments than any other country in the region. The current crisis, although has impacted the global economic activity, in Romania's case, there were not all bad news, as the investors, although cautious, they remained within the economy to conduct their business.

IS E-LEARNING THE WAY OF THE FUTURE IN EDUCATION?

Technology has been a part of our educational systems for more than a decade and has been reshaping it constantly. From computer aided presentations, to online libraries, to online courses, the information technology has been offering the opportunity to access knowledge from virtually any point on Earth. The use of online learning platforms makes learning more attractive for the students and for the younger generations, in particularly, that embrace technology and all its benefits, far easier than anybody else. After the Covid-19 outbreak in March 2020, humanity had to shift from the offline everyday life to the online everyday life. The educational system was no exception and had to adapt from face-to-face teaching to online teaching, a shift which, for the majority, was not an easy task to do, at all the levels: economical, logistical and, of course, technological. The online teaching also revealed a series of shortcomings, that were unheard of in the offline teaching system and they had to be overcome, as fast as possible, in order to reduce the interruption in the students' learning. The conclusion of the article will reveal that the tech-aided learning, although it has its challenges, will prevail even after the pandemic, as all its benefits will widely spread in the educational system throughout the world.