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    illegal activity. “ Between 1984 and 1992 the average salary in the informal sector grew by 10%, while in the formal sector the increase was only 3%.”(Rubio 805-816) In a greater sense, the growth of the Colombian economy is powered informal sector. Consequently, the elite, upper class and upper middle class are the main bodies behind this growth. Therefore, the poorer part of the community is left with scarce resources, uneducated and exploited. The greatest challenge, as a result, is security brought about by violence, an increase in kidnappings and armed conflict among the different classes in society. There are two aspects of development therefore to consider. In terms of economic development, it is important to note that the informal sector, regardless of its perverse nature does bring out a booming economy. Nonetheless, in terms of human development, there may be no other way to tackle its growth without the use of direct violence. This would (if successful) order to create a certain balance and to reconstruct regulations in favour of the majority of the population. This could lead to a continuum of violence because for how long can the poor and less privileged fend for themselves in a society run by major political powers and the elite? The fictions nature retaliation could be what causes the poor to accept the way the society. Furthermore, creating the basis “normalised conditions of existence”.This, therefore, leads us back to the unseen structural violence POINT…

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    The, “American Dream,” is practically the leading cause of crime in the United States. Why do people commit crimes? Often for money and personal gain, but why? Often you will see people who commit crimes just to make ends meet, but more often than not you see people committing an excess of crime, and why do you think they do this? To live the “American Dream” and give their lives a sense of meaning. Wealth is glamorized in today’s culture. When you have role models, athletes, politicians, and…

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    be seen as equal, and according to the top five areas of thriving, Afghanistan ranks the worst on three out of the five, which are social, purpose and financial, and are still close to the worst in the two, community and physical, categories (The 10 best and worst countries for people to live, n.d.). Issues that still plague the United States today that seem to keep coming back around in every generation, are wealth, gender, and racial inequalities. Wealth Inequality Wealth inequality can…

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    Income Inequality, Media Fragmentation, And Increased Political Polarization by John Duca looks at the several factors that has increased polarization in the United States. First Duca examined the concept of income inequality. Income inequality is the concept that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, and polarization is created from policies that cause that concept to only increase. Duca puts his hypothesis to test by comparing house polarization (Congress) to income inequality trends.…

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    World Hunger Essay

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    philanthropy organization, showed that the world’s 100 richest people earned enough in 2012 to end extreme poverty four times over(Oxfam 2012).The argument here is that there are people with more money than they need and that this money should be used to help the people who need it to survive. Education is the singular, most liberating force from poverty that exists and it is what many of the poorer countries are missing. The educational sectors in many of these countries are floundering, at…

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    “Here’s the Real Face of Poverty,” is a article written by Leonard Pitts, a commentator. Pitts argues against how Republicans view what is poverty and what being poor really looks and feels like in today’s society. Pitts also discusses the hypocrisy with Republicans as well. In today’s world, poverty is known to be people who are on welfare and foodstamps and feed off the government assistance. On T.V you see them living in broken homes and if you are lucky, you might just see them with both…

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    Many college students do not have the power or wealth to get into a prestige college, than the other college student with money sufficient for a prestige collage has a better opportunity of getting in then the college student with less money. That individual who could afford to go to the best college is now graduating from college, he most likely is going to get a real good job making more money than the individual who is not able to afford the upper class college. This individual will probably…

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    "My brain gets stronger every day because I exercise it. The stronger it gets, the more money I can make." He believed that automatically saying "I can't afford it" was a sign of mental laziness. Although both dads worked hard, I noticed that one dad had a habit of putting his brain to sleep when it came to money matters, and the other had a habit of exercising his brain. The long-term result was that one dad grew stronger financially and the other grew weaker. It is not much different from a…

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    and fit in into the role and expectations of society/her husband. She uses her influence from the men around her to gain power to have some influence, she manipulated Krogstad into lending her money by using her father’s name. This shows that in time of need, the lack of power will force people into committing crimes. Money has become a mental symbol of social power and accomplishment. It is the tool necessary for transferring and climbing up the social rankings. Money plays a crucial role in…

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    According to the World Institute for Development Economics Research at the United Nations University, the richest 1% of adult humans alone owned 40% of global assets in the year 2000, and the richest 10% of adults accounted for 85% of the total world wealth while the bottom half of the world adult population owned only 1% of global wealth. Zygmunt Bauman claims that the prime victim to the growing disparity between the poor and the well-off is democracy: as equality steers further out of our…

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