The Economy and the Poverty Struggle Everyday someone buys something, whether it’s a pair of shoes, food or a t-shirt, not paying attention to the economics behind the item. Questions we don't think about, where are these items manufactured? How much did the person making this item earn? At the same time, people donate items each day to agencies like Goodwill, Salvation Army and United Way but do we ever think of what happens if what we donated doesn't get bought or given to someone? These kinds of questions are answered in the following books: Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity by Ronald Sider; The Travels of a T-shirt in the Global Economy by Pietra Rivoli; and, Nectar In A Sieve by Kamala Markandaya.
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Poverty leads her sons away another city as they look for better jobs as labors. The tannery has made it hard for them to find work in their current village and now they must leave just to survive. In chapter 12, Ruku is talking to her son about leaving for work as a labor, she says that gold isn't everything, but his reply that ‘gold is an important part of living and work is another’ shows that he doesn't want to be poor like his parents (Markandaya, 2002). As a college student you work hard for your education so that you can find a better job. Upon graduating some people have to move to another city to find a decent job that they can live off. Money still isn't everything but it still makes the world go around and having a better job will make the financial hardship of life a little easier. The tannery not only causes this problem, but it pollutes the water and starts to drive out animals and the landscape suffers just as much as the people do. There are many factories in Detroit that came and brought jobs but at the same time they can pollute the air and water much like the tannery does. The factories that once boomed in Detroit now are inactive and boarded up, leaving just empty buildings and laying off employees who may have depended on those jobs as their only source of income. When the plants began …show more content…
Globalization can be defined as the development of an integrated global economy marked by free trade, free flow of capital and cheaper foreign labor markets (“What is globalization,” n.d.). As a consumer you don't often look at where something is manufactured when you purchase it. However, after this read, it makes you want to look at the label and see where your item was made and think about its travels. As a frequent buyer of tennis shoes, the brand Nike stands out as a company who was under scrutiny about its production of shoes. Nike had factories in Indonesia in which they were being stingy with the pay for shoe factory employees. They were petitioning to pay less than minimum wage claiming that the full amount would cause hardship to pay. However, in later years Nike started paying above minimum wage (Locke and Siteman). An even more notable store that deals with globalization and has become one of the largest corporations in the world is Wal-Mart. The Wal-Mart Corporation has been heavily discussed in the news because of their efficient supply chain, low supplier costs and low employee wages and benefits. When a Wal-Mart store is built in a community, the nearby stores are forced to lower prices and eventually if they can't compete, they close, this has been referred to as “The Wal-Mart Effect” (Anderson, 2006). Stores
Poverty leads her sons away another city as they look for better jobs as labors. The tannery has made it hard for them to find work in their current village and now they must leave just to survive. In chapter 12, Ruku is talking to her son about leaving for work as a labor, she says that gold isn't everything, but his reply that ‘gold is an important part of living and work is another’ shows that he doesn't want to be poor like his parents (Markandaya, 2002). As a college student you work hard for your education so that you can find a better job. Upon graduating some people have to move to another city to find a decent job that they can live off. Money still isn't everything but it still makes the world go around and having a better job will make the financial hardship of life a little easier. The tannery not only causes this problem, but it pollutes the water and starts to drive out animals and the landscape suffers just as much as the people do. There are many factories in Detroit that came and brought jobs but at the same time they can pollute the air and water much like the tannery does. The factories that once boomed in Detroit now are inactive and boarded up, leaving just empty buildings and laying off employees who may have depended on those jobs as their only source of income. When the plants began …show more content…
Globalization can be defined as the development of an integrated global economy marked by free trade, free flow of capital and cheaper foreign labor markets (“What is globalization,” n.d.). As a consumer you don't often look at where something is manufactured when you purchase it. However, after this read, it makes you want to look at the label and see where your item was made and think about its travels. As a frequent buyer of tennis shoes, the brand Nike stands out as a company who was under scrutiny about its production of shoes. Nike had factories in Indonesia in which they were being stingy with the pay for shoe factory employees. They were petitioning to pay less than minimum wage claiming that the full amount would cause hardship to pay. However, in later years Nike started paying above minimum wage (Locke and Siteman). An even more notable store that deals with globalization and has become one of the largest corporations in the world is Wal-Mart. The Wal-Mart Corporation has been heavily discussed in the news because of their efficient supply chain, low supplier costs and low employee wages and benefits. When a Wal-Mart store is built in a community, the nearby stores are forced to lower prices and eventually if they can't compete, they close, this has been referred to as “The Wal-Mart Effect” (Anderson, 2006). Stores