The Story of a First Forbes Billionaire from a Least Developed Country: Nepal

Peter Singer's persuasive essay strips us bare of our selfish wants as he equates our tendency to accumulate all the stuff we don’t need with ignoring the plight of drowning children and, as such, being responsible for the death of those children. We are, Singer convincingly argues, products of our fortunate “social capital”; therefore, we have an obligation to those who do not have a social capital.

It is only reasonable that any investor interested in starting a company in a developing nation to research and investigate the business landscape in such an unfamiliar terrain before opening up operations there. This is beneficial, as it will provide the prospective investor with important information about the business environment and practices. In particular, an investor should analyze the labor market, examine the costs of founding a company and consider the possible business ethics challenges. In our case, Zhuk needed to make certain his business strategy was in tune with the local culture, business practices and laws in Ukraine.

Instead of catering interest of Fortune 500 companies, I am inspired to connect civilization through international development and entrepreneurship. By studying economic and political science, I can advocate for the prosperity of the greater international community. Not only can a single government legislation influence the entire global market, economics and its analytics can also dictate political structures and regulations. Furthermore, it connects my passion of social and technological entrepreneurship with my love for foreign relations. Through peaceful diplomacy and innovation, I want to empower and connect millions of people around the

SMITH, ANTHONY L. "The Super-Rich: The Unjust World of Global Capitalism."ASEAN Economic Bulletin, 18.2 (2001): 237-239.

The differences between the rich and poor in India are like the opposite sides of a coin. The poor of India are mistreated and abused. Their homes are surrounded by trash and sewage and are very likely to be flooded, deathly hot and severely polluted. Nearly 25% of the population in India is under the poverty line. The families in the slums of India only care about surviving and marriage. Balram describes their relationship with the rich as “The rich are always one step ahead of us-aren’t they?” (Adiga 230). Balram means that he felt that the rich were always taking advantage of him and his family’s ability to work and he wanted to get ahead of the rich. The rich are blissfully unaware of the

Documentary in Nepal: Living on a Dollar a Day, is a documentary following three people, two from Canada and one from Nepal as they live life on only 107 rupees (which is around 1 dollar) a day. After watching “Documentary in Nepal: Living on a Dollar a Day,” I have a greater idea of how different it is to live in a wealthy country than a poor one and just how blessed we are in Canada to make and live with so much more money. The difference between our world and the poorest countries, besides wealth, is also evident in the youth. In countries like Nepal, the children are hard workers and people are happier overall. Another example of this can be found in Haiti.

In the documentary titled Nevsun in Eritrea: Dealing With a Dictator, the director Scott Anderson’s main topic of focus delves into Nevsun, which is a Canadian mining company that has formed a business partnership with the war-torn poor country of Eritrea in east Africa, or more importantly, with the Eritrean government that receives a 40% stake in profit from Nevsun’s mining operations. However, while the partnership on the surface may be seen as an overall boon for the country and its citizens it’s actuality all a façade and the partnership formed between the two has actually caused more harm than good. For example, the documentary touches upon multiple key elements: such as human rights violations workers have experienced working in the

We often see the world evolve around people who are unprepared for its transformation. I grew up in Peru, where access to microcredit for poor entrepreneurs with brilliant business ideas is scarce. I spent two years in South Africa, where starting a business consists of waiting over 200 days to get electricity set up. Working on Panama, I have seen locals fight for jobs in a Canal condemned by international contractors.

As a business outlook everyone works together. There is a lot of competition but all businesses work together to give their countries the products they need. When other countries are in a crisis I think other businesses should try to help raise money for what is going on in the other country. The businesses either help each other or they stay totally out of each other’s corporation. If businesses/corporations would not help each other in making each other’s products then they wouldn’t have to have that feeling of responsibility to help each other. Since a lot of products come from different countries and not only one country or their own, if one country doesn’t try to help the other they might end up losing a line of product that their citizens need but there is no way to get the products because that specific country doesn’t make it. If every country stuck to their own resources from their own country, I feel as though Sierra Leone would not have had that whole problem with the diamonds. I think there would have still been a war because the country would of fought against each other for the diamonds but, if other countries didn’t use Sierra Leone for their diamonds it might of not been as

Before a state can produce, it must realize the social peace that in turn ensures peaceful coexistence of the citizens. That social peace has been achieved in different nations through different structures. Some of the structures have been rooted in business companies

As mentioned above, this article divides society into classes and reports that the top of the upper class in society is made up of people that, in most cases, hold leadership positions. This implies that they are in a position to invest in the middle class and help boost the economy. This doesn’t mean that the activities by the middle class are the only promoters of the economy. There are other factors such as, the price of capital, taxes, resource endowments, luck, chance, and many other activities that contribute to the growth of the economy.

Americans—all of these prominent businesspeople have become “the new CEOs” of Fortune 500 Companies between 1999 and 2011 (Zweigenhaft & Domhoff, 2011). The four most underrepresented groups within the corporate body enjoyed this dramatic increase in their representation in just a few decades, allowing Zweigenhaft and Domhoff, along with other prominent scholars, to study the newly

The drive behind the types of inventions Bhargava’s companies are making is compassion and empathy. He is a former cab driver, construction worker

The Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins is a well-known book in the past and even more well-known book in the present. To have experienced and lived through the hardship of being an economic hit man is astonishing. This novel contains knowledge and informative information, that even one who is not that knowledgeable about this field of study can understand and become further informed of how corrupt the major organizations in this global economy are like. Additionally, it can further inform those who already are in this field of study and suggest possible solution, that could lessen the impact and the control on an economic and political science standpoint. This SWOT analyse paper will provide informative points to show how the strengths of this novel outweighs the weaknesses, as well as how the author discuss the opportunities that can improve development outcome that outweighs the possible threats that can arise from such opportunities.

India, a developing country which has shown great economic growth in the last 50 years. Though it has many struggles to still overcome, it is on a straight path to becoming a world power. In Aravind Adiga’s “The White Tiger” it shows a somewhat of a grim picture for India. As its main character struggles to break free from his ‘Roster coop’ which is the indian caste system. Balram seemed to stop at nothing to get out from these lower levels, that he was born into. He eventually accomplishes his goal through his entrepreneurship spirit, however this leads him to unlawful and very corrupt way of life. Balram knows the only true way to break out of the caste system and rise above everyone else, is to make money. Money is one of the major themes