Economic globalization forces local companies to compete with businesses. to compete, businesses strive to offer the best quality at the lowest price. as a result, products get , and more people are able to afford them.

The correct answer is:  As a result, products get cheaper and more people are able to afford them.

Competition provides incentives to companies to be efficient so that they can manufacture at the lowest cost. This would enable them to fix a lower price than that of its competitors. Companies also make an effort to produce high quality products so that consumers become loyal to their brand.

Competition is also benefitial for consumers, as they can purchase cheaper and higher quality products. As the answer suggests, more people will be able to afford a product that is subject to competition.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts