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A lot has been said about "productivity" since the industrial revolution, but how will productivity fill up the vacuum of fewer people? What about old people who in general are less productive and the Western world are indeed getting older every day. We must accept that we are confined to very low growth rates for a long, long time. Exponential economic growth, with no increase in population means that the current population needs to do one of two things and most likely a combination. 1. Prices…

Although the Sioux people have changed since the 1890’s, they are still faced with many hardships. Today, 97 percent of the Sioux population live below the federal poverty line. Most have household incomes ranging between $2,600 and $3,500 per year. One of the main reasons for this is because of the white man taking their land and forcing them onto reservations. Dwight Jon Zimmerman in his book, the Saga of the Sioux, describes the plight the natives faced when the white man decided they…

have any money at all. As in the first passage needing food but there is not money in the house. The second passage of not being able to get four room and only three or so rooms, why is this a theme throughout the world. Poverty is so big and all over covering so many places in the world that it is beyond ridiculous. To begin, in the first passage "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt based on his actual impoverished childhood. This except from the story is showing what he had started doing to make…

Introduction Theorist from all works of life have been for as long as history dates back, trying to find a cure or remedy in addressing the problem that third world countries face. Despite their efforts, these countries (third world) are characterised or classified as countries that are under poverty, poor or no medical facilities, poor road networks of which they seem to be experiencing more underdevelopment than any form of development. On the other hand developed nations seem to be greatly…

from developing world. The middle of the pyramid (tier 2&3) consist of 1,500-1,750 million consumers that have annual income between $1,500-$20,000 which consist of poor costumers in developed nations and the rising middle classes in developing countries. Lastly the bottom of the pyramid “BoP” which is comprised of 4,000 million consumers, their annual per capita income is less than $1,500 per year. More than 1 billion people of the fourth tier, approximately one-sixth of world population, per…

that the world is facing, especially for 3rd world countries. It is stated in the article “Poverty” from the website Wikipedia that it is the inability to satisfy one’s basic needs and wants due to the lack of income to buy services or the lack of ability to access services. This would not be such an issue if the people do not let its causes to bring out the possibilities its causes has. These causes in the first place are just basic problems. Like, there are too many people in the world, few…

As cited by Ahamdi (2010) based in the study of Lewis’s theory of the culture of poverty (1959) stated that the primary factors that cause the marvel of begging are the culture of poverty and poverty. Some of these attributes are: abstention in public activities, the feeling of obscurity in the urban society, experiencing some chronic ailments and at some point, malingering, absence of professional skills, encountering long haul unemployment periods, some mental attributes, for example, lack of…

The Federal Government used an effective strategy to make money more powerful and dominant when it was decided to limit the currency to gold. During this period in the Gilded Age, gold was restricted therefore its purchase would be harder than acquiring silver, greenbacks, or even paper money. Hampering to obtain gold would, consequently, drive up the purchase itself. The equation made by the Federal Government was simple: when the money in circulation is limited the power of its currency…

Our society runs rampant with all kinds of inequality. Racism, sexism, and xenophobia are just a few of the problems that plague our world. These problems all have the potential to hurt people socially and emotionally. However, there’s another type of inequality whose impacts go beyond social and emotional harms. Income inequality hurts people psychologically and economically, and its implications span a global scale. Andrew Carnegie writes in “The Gospel of Wealth,” “The problem of our age is…

degree never witnessed before” to The Cold War System (Friedman 471). The Cold War System was based on division and “was symbolized by a single word- wall [The Berlin Wall]” while the current system is “also characterized by a single word- web [the world wide web].” The globalization system is based on integration (Friedman 471). He illustrates that “the cold war system was built primarily around nation-states…balanced at the center by two superstates…The United States and the Soviet Union”…