Write 200 words on " Kates characterizes sustainable develop- ment as an oxymoron that "seeks to finesse the real conflicts between economy and environment and between the present and the future." Finding the correct balance between these ends requires that we examine the current system of globalization to determine whether or not it is enabling us to meet the goals of reducing the numbers of chronically hungry people while preserving Earth's life-support system for future generations. On both of these counts, Kates believes that the current form of globali- zation is failing to meet these goals overall, even though there are important and hopeful signs of progress in some areas. Instead of being opposed to globalization, the challenge, as he sees it, is to "humanize" it by changing the way in which the current system of globalization is governed in the direction of greater local control and democracy at the grass-roots level. Only by "civilizing" globalization in this way can we ensure that the benefits of economic development will be fairly distributed and used to address human needs