On Mercantilist Explanation For Global Inequality And Poverty

When it comes to creating a global economic order the goal is for there to be an order in which there is no poverty. Without the presence of global poverty then this is a sign that the general framework may be working. In chapter nine of the Global Justice: A Cosmopolitan Account Brock addresses the Global Economic Order and Global Justice. Within the Global Economic Order she addresses multiple questions, but the main questions she seeks to answer is the current global economic order conducive to creating a global order that is viable and alleviates the poverty in the world? In todays’ society there is a belief that ‘free trade’ or removing barriers to trade such as subsidies to domestic and import tariff. In essence opening up the economy

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In most cases U.S. citizens who are in poverty are in relative poverty in relation to the rest of the U.S. population; whereas in the world as a whole a greater number of people are in absolute poverty and are barely able to survive on their income, or wages and earnings, and they have very little to no wealth since it is impossible to save any of their money. Ethnocentrism makes it difficult to obtain a clear picture of the conditions of poverty and inequality in other nations and cultures. There are many theories concerning the causes and solution for poverty in the global economy. The two major theories are the modernization theory which explains inequality in terms of technological and cultural difference between nations, and the dependency theory which explains poverty in terms of the historical exploitation of poor, or low-income, nations by rich, or high-income, nations. This theory has manifest itself in a new way in today’s world in the form of neocolonialism; economic exploitation by multinational corporations.

According to Richard N (2006), the free movement of goods due to free market or trade has led to globalization. Though the effects have been assumed to benefit all, there is a large inequality among the poor and the rich both within the countries among the nations. Capitalism is contributed to technological advancement, which has then influenced free trade. The uncontrolled globalization has resulted in more developed societies becoming rich. The rich economies are able to exploit the market by producing at lower price due to their level of technology and advancement in research. They are also able to protect their economy through export subsidies and production subsidies to their farmers. This translates to lower prices for their goods in the global market hence controlling it. The poor countries despite having comparative advantage in production of some commodities they also suffer from competitive advantage from the developed countries they are forced to sell their commodities at a lower price than their expected. They suffer a lot in global trade, which is mainly controlled by the wealthier nations. There are regulations, which restrict the flow of goods in the world market from poor societies. This makes

Socioeconomic status has been known to have a great effect on people. It’s a well-known fact that poverty and inequality affect the well-being and opportunities for families and their children. It is a common fact that people who have accumulated much wealth occupy the top echelons of society and enjoy almost all privileges brought about by their money and social status while the poor have little or no access to these privileges and are often marginalized in terms of education and social services. There are many forms of socio-economic inequality due to racial discrimination in Canada, for example some of the studies I mentioned in this paper show that a wage gap exists between White Canadians and other visible minorities. Despite pay equity

Imagine that becoming wealthy were simply a matter of choice. Imagine that you could merely choose to be wealthy and it would happen. Well, there's no need to imagine it. This is reality. You have to choose to be wealthy. The simple fact is that many people choose poverty over wealth. Too be clear, the choice is not a deliberate or conscious one but rather it's a subconscious decision to be poor rather than wealthy. It is decision that is made and reinforced every day as they make choices that lead them further into poverty and farther away from wealth. Many people have simply resigned themselves to a life of poverty and have gotten to the place where they simply do not believe that life could be different.

Poverty is fundamentally the result of the way society is sorted out and assets are apportioned, whether these are money related or different assets, for example, access to housing, wellbeing, social services and education. Without a doubt, that there are altogether different levels of poverty, what this means is that every country faces different level of poverty due to their resources and opportunities. Individuals or nations that face Poverty additionally need to manage with inequality too. For example economic inequality, healthcare inequality, social inequality, etc.

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If we take a look at Cross country studies presented by Harrison we see a different take on globalization. It takes a look at the relationship between poverty, inequality and globalization. Easterly finds that increasing trade integration is associated with Falling inequalities within developed countries and greater

As Americans we see prosperity through a rather narrow viewpoint. When the average American purchases a shirt they do not stop to consider that their clothing is manufactured in a third world country. One third world country that is ravaged by poverty is Pakistan. In Pakistan “85 percent of people live on less than two dollars a day”. That is outrageous considering the fast food culture Americans live in where you spend nearly ten dollars on just one meal. This poses the question why are some countries so rich and others so poor? This question is not an easy one to answer considering the endless circumstances that make countries so rich and countries so poor. A true reality is that governmental and international institutions may not be doing enough to assist countries in need. First world countries can provide third world countries with tools to further their development ,such as making efforts to end world hunger and providing the less fortunate with a quality education.

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There have been dissenters to the view that trade liberalisation always provides benefits. Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, assumed that income inequality was a murky reality from trade liberalisation, pointing ‘ninety-four percent of the world income goes to 40 percent of the population while sixty percent of people live on only 6 percent of world income’. Stiglitz then warmed that the fast-moving trade liberalization without any ‘safety nets, with insufficient reciprocity and assistance on the part of developed countries, can contribute to an increase in poverty’. Likewise, Krugman and Obstfeld employed the theory of the second best, explaining that free trade can only work ‘if all other markets are working properly’. If they are not, it entails governmental intervention to pacify the effect of market failure.

The countries that have experienced high and rising levels of poverty are more often than not, the developing countries that have been marginalised from the process of globalization. Think of North Korea or many countries in Africa. Such countries have insufficient levels of international trade and investment -- not too much. Whether poor countries are poor because they do not trade enough or because poverty stricken countries are prevented from engaging in the global economy, less globalization is generally associated with less development. Ernesto Zedillo, the former president of Mexico seems to have understood the power of globalization when he said, "In every case where a poor nation has significantly overcome its poverty, this has been achieved while engaging in production for export markets and opening itself to the influx of foreign goods, investment and technology -- that is, by participating in globalization."

Poverty is the outcome of economic inequalities that are sustained by the social problems prevalent in our society. The lack of equal opportunities has created social margins where people in crisis are expelled to the economic edge. In a society where members are stratified by wealth and status, those who live in poverty are seen as deservingly powerless and ultimately abandoned to comply with their temporary crises as permanent. Economic segregation reinforces the unequal separation amongst social classes to keep the poor living in poverty. These are people who do not have the means to fix the conditions of their environment, therefore they remain stagnant in a state of submission and dehumanization, while those who are better off act

Secondly, the debate over income inequality effects of globalization focus on two aspects: Inequality within nations and inequality between countries. The first concerns inequality among individuals inside a country. (Wild and Wild, 2010, p. 48) Critics of globalization believes that free trade and global investment within the internalization incite transnational companies to close factories and move them from high-wage developed countries to low-wage developing countries, which increases the gap between office workers and manual workers within rich nations. (Wild and Wild, 2010, p. 48) In addition, many critics including from Bartlett and Steele (1996), two journalists for the Philadelphia Inquirer, believe that depressing wages in developed nations is the result of the large growth in the international labor force joined with the expansion of the global trade brought by the globalization. (Hill and Hult, 2014, p. 23) Moreover, Hill (2014) support Bartlett and Steele opinion as he stated that organizations that outsources its services into lower-cost foreign markets for lower labor costs were contributing to higher unemployment and lower living standards in their home nations. (Hill and Hult, 2014, p. 24) As an example to support those critics we can consider the case of Apple, the multi billions dollar company that operates its factories in China. According to an article of Oster (2017) Apple pays its workers more or less 305 dollars monthly which is less than 2 dollars