In Charles Kenny’s globalization article, “Haiti Doesn’t Need Your Old T-Shirt”, Kenny explains that when America gives clothes and food to other countries it does not benefit them in the long run. If America wants to help out other countries then America needs to give them money instead. In Kenny’s article, Kenny points out reasons as to why money helps countries out more. In summary, Kenny describes that when America gives countries, such as the Middle East and North Africa, clothing, toys, and food that we do not want or need, it does not benefit them as much as we think it does. Kenny explains that most of the stuff we give to Africa is stuff they do not want. Also, Kenny indicates that some apparel industries in Africa have seen a decline
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Kenny explains that companies in Africa are losing business because instead of Africans buying African products, they are getting free American products handed to them. Kenny describes that Garth Frazer from the University of Toronto “estimates that increased used-clothing imports accounted for about half of the decline in apparel industry employment in Africa between 1981 and 2000” (253). Clearly, Kenny suggests that since America gives countries free clothing, people from those countries do not buy locally-made clothing, which causes the industries in those particular countries to go out of business or lose service. Additionally, Kenny specifically clarifies that consumers buy products, such as TOMS, a certain brand of shoes that give a person in need a pair for every pair someone buys, because the consumer wants the shoes “instead of donating to charity” (254). Here, Kenny implies that people do not actually think about how the TOMS shoe company is giving a free pair of shoes to a person that needs them, but instead the consumer just buys the shoe because they want them. Kenny also uses statistics for evidence. For instance, Kenny justifies that the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that when poor countries buy food locally, it is 25% cheaper for America and faster, …show more content…
Kenny is a credible author because his article has to do a lot about the charity used to help out poor countries around the world and he is a senior at the Center for Global Development, which is nonpartisan and nonprofit organization that researches how wealthy nations impact developing economies; so that makes him more knowledgeable to the amount of wealth that different countries have. Kenny is also an editor of the Foreign Policy, which is a monthly magazine that is about international politics and global affairs, so he seems like he would have a good understanding of what is happening around the world. Furthermore, Kenny uses examples from sophisticated people to support his thesis and make his analysis credibility stronger. In specific, Kenny gives information that economist Amartya Sen has shown about the lack of food vs. lack of money to buy food, and also quotes something that President Bill Clinton had concluded about food aid programs and how the programs had effected Haiti’s decrease in their rice crop
Kenny explains that companies in Africa are losing business because instead of Africans buying African products, they are getting free American products handed to them. Kenny describes that Garth Frazer from the University of Toronto “estimates that increased used-clothing imports accounted for about half of the decline in apparel industry employment in Africa between 1981 and 2000” (253). Clearly, Kenny suggests that since America gives countries free clothing, people from those countries do not buy locally-made clothing, which causes the industries in those particular countries to go out of business or lose service. Additionally, Kenny specifically clarifies that consumers buy products, such as TOMS, a certain brand of shoes that give a person in need a pair for every pair someone buys, because the consumer wants the shoes “instead of donating to charity” (254). Here, Kenny implies that people do not actually think about how the TOMS shoe company is giving a free pair of shoes to a person that needs them, but instead the consumer just buys the shoe because they want them. Kenny also uses statistics for evidence. For instance, Kenny justifies that the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that when poor countries buy food locally, it is 25% cheaper for America and faster, …show more content…
Kenny is a credible author because his article has to do a lot about the charity used to help out poor countries around the world and he is a senior at the Center for Global Development, which is nonpartisan and nonprofit organization that researches how wealthy nations impact developing economies; so that makes him more knowledgeable to the amount of wealth that different countries have. Kenny is also an editor of the Foreign Policy, which is a monthly magazine that is about international politics and global affairs, so he seems like he would have a good understanding of what is happening around the world. Furthermore, Kenny uses examples from sophisticated people to support his thesis and make his analysis credibility stronger. In specific, Kenny gives information that economist Amartya Sen has shown about the lack of food vs. lack of money to buy food, and also quotes something that President Bill Clinton had concluded about food aid programs and how the programs had effected Haiti’s decrease in their rice crop