Supporters of democratic globalization consider that the first phase of globalization, which was market-oriented, should be completed by a phase of building global political institutions representing the will of world citizens.

Supporters of free trade point out that free trade leads to a more efficient allocation of resources, with all countries involved in the trade benefiting from lower prices, higher employment and output.

Libertarians say higher degrees of political and economic freedom produce higher levels of material wealth.

Advocates of globalization say that statistics strongly support globalization:

The percentage of people in developing countries living below US$1 per day has halved in only 20 years.

Life expectancy has almost doubled in the developing world since WWII and is starting to close the gap to the developed world where the improvement has been smaller. Child mortality has decreased in every developing region of the world. Income inequality for the world as a whole is diminishing.

Democracy has increased dramatically from almost no nation with universal suffrage in 1900 to 62.5% of all nations in 2000.

Between 1950 and 1999, global literacy increased from 52% to 81%.

There are similar trends for electricity, cars, radios, and phones per capita.