The Indian economy is an interesting thing on one side we see Middle aged men in Imported Cars , Tall buildings with luxury apartments , five star hotels and clubs full of people spending thousands and posh luxury office’s It feels like money just spills out of the pockets of the rich to make this capitalist utopia of the few . We also see slums , factories with horrible workings conditions , Beggars and rag pickers on the roads living on less than the bare minimum needed to survive .When I was 12 years old I saw a women feeding her child of a trash can and in my hand was a burger from a fancy American fast food joint . I still think of that day and I don't feel lucky but guilty .
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Certainly not . The assumption that this system rewards those who work hard is false . The incomes and rewards in this system , are not only unfair but also unequal . The richest 3 Richest people in the world own more money than the poorest 10 % of the world population . The ten percent of the world population is 686110000 , So do you mean 3 people work more harder than effort of 686110000 people combined ? The answer is an obvious no . The rich don't work for their money but make money work for them .The working man works nine hours a days and at the end of the month ,day or after a certain period of time he gets a wage . The rich man on the other hand has never worked for money but he works for acquiring assets and these assets make him rich whether he works or not .
I will look at the economy from the eyes from the worst off and all I see is misery and hunger . Well this economic system is beyond doubt the cause of poverty in this country and something has to be done about it . The first thing that comes to your mind is that the government should help the poor and the oppressed . The government is run by politicians and most of the times , these politicians in power are not there for the oppressed masses but for filling there pockets with money . This
During the salem witchcraft trials people were guilty for breaking the ten commandment. Based on the trial people had to know the ten commandments to prove that they are the god’s child. Even though some knew the commandment; they broke one or more of the commandments due to their actions like “You shall not steal”, “You shall not commit adultery”, “Honor thy father and thy mother” which should be followed and respected.
Everyone knows what the word poverty means. It means poor, unable to buy the necessities to survive in today's world. We do not realize how easy it is for a person to fall into poverty: A lost job, a sudden illness, a death in the family or the endless cycle of being born into poverty and not knowing how to overcome it. There are so many children in poverty and a family's structure can effect the outcome. Most of the people who are at the poverty level need some type of help to overcome the obstacles. There are mane issues that deal with poverty and many things that can be done to stop it.
“The population of unemployed and underemployed explodes. There is a vicious circle here. Because so many seek work, wages are very low. Because one wage cannot support even a small family, more and more family members must seek employment. This move adds to the pool of labor and further depresses wages.” (Syracuse U. Press) Further, if wages begin to rise in one country, other countries seize the opportunity and lower their wages even further. With this cycle of falling wages and more and more people needing jobs, poverty increases drastically. With wages so low, the owners of these large companies get richer and richer—the vast majority of wealth in a country becomes concentrated in one small group of people. While this is good for those few, the vast majority of citizens are shorthanded. Capitalism is an excellent system for the elite and for increasing efficiency, but as far as providing for the needs of all of its citizens, it falls short. Thus, capitalism is a system that causes and perpetuates poverty, and exploits its lower class.
More than 800 million people in the world are malnourished, 777 million of them are from the developing world (Raphel, S., 2014). Poverty is an issue that must be addressed to the population loud and clear or everyone will end up suffering. There are many families trying to survive and live from paycheck to paycheck. Unfortunately, there are some families that are unable to support himself or herself or any family member. One important key issue of poverty in the United States is inequality. Many Americans blame the poor people for their own fate but you should never judge a book by its cover. There can be many reasons why an individual or families end up in poverty. For example, low wage jobs, discrimination and social inequality, vulnerability to natural disasters, war and political instability. Another big issue we face today is child poverty. This is a very critical issue because these young children are our future. If we let these children live in poverty, there is a higher chance they will drop out of school, look for work in order to support their family, or give up in life.
Poverty and income inequality are clearly widespread in avoidable in an economic system that caters to the wealthy and controls how the wealth is produced and distributed. We claim to want a society free of poor people. The system that people participate in and how they participate in the system has to change but the elephant in the room is how will this change
There seems to be an increase in poverty in the United States and there are so many theories behind why this might be a problem. It seems as if Society as a whole wants to blame this social “condition” on Society itself. I believe that the problem of poverty lies within the actual individuals that are experiencing poverty. There are a few reasons why people experience poverty. They are as follows: One, the liberal welfare programs that were started in the 1960’s, two, individuals lack the characteristic of power and individuality, three, anti-social behavior and the idea that poverty passes from one generation to the next.
The answer to poverty is simple. We need to change our education system, so that kids want to go to school. People ask why do kids ditch so much? Why are kids out joining gangs and not staying in school learning? Why are kids committing crimes of drug and violence? It’s a simple answer that we must all face. Our education system is not educating our young; it’s turning them into parrots. Kids are dreading going to school because it’s all tests and notes. Our education system lost its hands on teaching. We need to reframe the education system and make it one kids want to be apart of, not one they want to run from. We need to continue to educate ourselves after high school, but we cant do those if we don’t learn how to educate our selves while we are in school. We need to open up new jobs that are with this time period and get rid of the old. We are no longer in a state of get a job, and work until you retire. Jobs come and go, and we need to educate our kids to understand this, so they will continue to learn after they are out of school, even past a college level.
With the dawn of the Industrial Age near the beginning of the nineteenth century also came with the rise of nationalism, or the belief that a country’s way of life was superior to others. Nationalistic ideologies, born in the coal ovens of Industry, soon gave way to systems of imperialism that would quickly take hold in other parts of the world. For the purposes of this essay, can be broadly defined as a symbiotic relationship between an industrialized state and an agrarian state in which the industrialized state almost always benefits in some way, while the agrarian state is often times left with a mixture of benefits and disparagements. The fact that Industrialization took over the world in phases allowed for the first industrialized states to establish a system of imperialism in states that had yet to experience their own industrialization. From this, a competition arose between industrialized states that would boil over into the First World War. Through the analysis of primary sources dealing with imperialism, one can take an objective stance to view the effect that this newly established political system had on the industrialized and agrarian states of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In this analysis, it can be stated that imperialism, based on greed and racism, was a bad thing, however, it can be argued that is was not a holistically bad thing. In many cases, some agrarian states benefitted from direct and indirect imperialism.
Many United States citizens are frightened by the word Socialism. However, the predominant ideology in most Third World countries is socialism. There are many reasons why Third World countries have turned to socialism as their form of government. The main reason the Third World has taken on the concept of socialism is because of the history of feudalism and colonialism that these countries faced for so many years. Socialism was seen as a way to reform the land of many underdeveloped countries. Socialism believes the government needs to intervene to make sure no feudalism or unjust land ownership systems are being enforced.
Socialism Socialism is a type of economic system, a political movement, and a social theory. Socialism is based on the idea that governments should own and control a nation's resources rather than individuals. Socialism was first used to describe opposition to the free enterprise and market economies. The Industrial Revolution was the cause of many social problems. Long work hours, low pay, and poor working conditions caused Americans to first consider socialism.
The stereotypic explanation persists that the poor cause their own poverty. One of the problems is the unemployment. Firms these days are constantly searching for well educated, experienced, skilled and intelligent employees. The high unemployment rate is because of the lack of education given to poor people. This is because poor people are not able to afford education and instead, they stay home and feed their families. When given the chance, most of the people living under poverty will do the best they can to earn enough money to support their families. Poverty is also due to high housing costs. These days, the price of houses are getting higher and higher and soon most people won’t be able to afford a place to live in, let alone food to eat or water to drink. There are numerous causes of poverty including lack of individual responsibility, bad government policies, exploitation by people and businesses with a lot of power and influences, etc. Some poor people do not know how to be responsible for their own being and therefore they live on the streets waiting for donations just to get by their day. The government is trying to clear out the people on the streets but they do not do anything to help out the poor people and that is why they remain on the streets. High levels of inequality - the gap between the rich and poor - will lead to problems such as increasing crime and violence. Inequality is usually a
Poverty is the most important problem around world, poverty in anywhere. It makes some of people live terribly fatigued, they usual have to work harder than others and just get little pay. In addition, people who live in poverty they have no education. They have no opportunity to get educate, and it makes them get into deep water and have no ideas to change the situation. That why we have to solve it make the world better. We can give them financial aid and free education.
Poverty is a social problem that affects everyone on an economic, political and social level. The problem of human suffering is one that we must combat strategically on many levels. According to the United Nations, “in 2015 more than one billion people around the world live in a state of poverty, lacking the basic goods food, clothing, and shelter that humans need to survive” (“Poverty”). There are a great number of areas that keep individuals poor, such as lack of resources, inadequate income, lack of education, language barriers and the high cost of child care. Being able to work and provide basic necessities is our basic human right and we should not be deprived of these basic human rights that individuals need in order to live satisfying lives. The government has the responsibility of helping individuals in need with the economic assistance to feed, clothe, house, educate, provide health care and decent wages for every individual. They should ensure that individuals have access to resources that will help them build a better future. There are several ways that we can work together to strategically find solutions to end inequality among the poor individuals in our society.
The problem of poverty has always plagued the world, including developed countries, such as America. It is one of the main reasons that less developed countries have difficulty developing at the pace of other countries. Many different actions can cause poverty. Most people have different opinions on why poverty still exists. “Nearly equal portions of the public in advanced, emerging, and developing countries, cite the gap between the rich and the poor as a very big problem. And notably, it is the leading economic concern in the eyes of people in major economies such as China and Germany, at 42 and 39 percent, respectively, according to the new Pew Research survey. A global median of 29 percent say their government’s actions are to blame for inequality, making it the leading cause cited. People in advanced economies, in particular, believe that their governments are responsible for the rich getting richer and equally culpable for the poor becoming relatively poorer. A median of 32 percent in those nations blame government, three times the percentage that cite the failings of their educational system and double the share who blame their tax system” (Stokes). Some people that are wealthy are also greedy. Although they control a large amount of wealth, they are unwilling to share it. Although it should not be the responsibility of wealthy people to support people in poverty, it would be helpful to the advancement of society. Another contributing reason that poverty exists is
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