Economic Enjustic
By: Bred • Essay • 318 Words • November 10, 2009 • 1,085 Views
Essay title: Economic Enjustic
Impoverished Nations have been a problem in this world for years now. Many questions arise when one tries to understand the elements that set up such a “shameful and disgusting” thing such as poverty. There are many misconceptions as to why or how nations, such as Africa, become impoverished. The more wealthy nations do not enjoy their privileges at the expense of the poor, nor does capitalism thrive on (global) injustice. The United Nations looks at the issue of world poverty and the “figures on inequality always pour forth.”
So why are these nations so vastly impoverished when the Western Nations and much of the world are not faced with this problem? A common claim is that if “we in the West weren’t so rich, so greedy for resources…the problem of global poverty would be half way solved”. The answer to impoverished nations that remain poor is the choices a Socialist or Centralized Govt. makes on their country. By setting up tariffs on trade and governments setting up state monopolies, a sense of equality seems to be achieved. The only thing wrong