Globalism was literally a concerted effort to off-shore blue collar work with the expectation that the population of richer countries would become more educated

Globalism was literally a concerted effort to off-shore blue collar work with the expectation that the population of richer countries would become more educated and work in information intensive jobs (also siphoning off value from said off-shored industries). Where it went somewhat awry is that computers and automation have meant that less jobs are actually required in those sectors that we envisioned people having, leaving a large portion of the population under-employed in low paying service jobs. Globalism was literally a concerted effort undertaken after WWII, this isn't some sort of Fox News level conspiracy theory. It's history, literally stuff in economics textbooks and easily verifiable. As for why Scandinavia and Germany have managed to keep inequality at bay, they've got very robust welfare states and strong labour unions.