This is the patrimony which should be safeguarded: “world is important, but local is more”. Opportunities beyond the single boundaries must instead be liquid and mobile, with constant openings towards the outside world. Bauman maintains that in ten or fifteen years this may arouse little economic interest in nations such as Italy, France or Spain, who find themselves overtaken by “young nations” such as Poland and Romania, which are developing strongly, growing economically, and have a considerably lower average age than those mentioned above.
Bauman sostiene che tra dieci o quindici anni nazioni come Italia, Francia, Spagna potranno essere di scarso interesse economico, poiché superate da “nazioni giovani” come Polonia e Romania, in forte sviluppo, crescita economica, e dove l’età media è assai più bassa.