Is the World Without Povert an Impossible Dream?
Is a world without poverty and impossible dream?
Although there is increasing attention and awareness of poverty, it remains as a major issue across the globe. This is due to the deeply entrenched causes, which cannot be simply eradicated and the ineffectiveness of international aid and efforts. Hence, I agree that a world without poverty is an impossible dream.
Opponents of my claim would argue that a world without poverty is indeed possible and that it is only a matter of time, based on statistics and data, which show that the percentage of poverty is declining. However, I would argue that it is just mere numbers and that these statistics are insufficient to support closed countries such as China in the past and North Korea. In fact, the Hermit Kingdom’s level of poverty has increased from 21 percent to 32 percent in the 1990s. Additionally, since North Korea is politically inaccessible, international organizations and aid are unable to divert their efforts, food packages or donations to the people of North Korea. Another example would be Cuba, whereby the oppressive government rejects foreign intervention to solve its state of poverty. Thus, the people living in such countries are further slump into the mire of poverty and hence a world without poverty will still remain as an idealistic dream.
Opponents of my claim would also argue that a world without poverty is possible as the Earth has adequate resources to help and alleviate this enigma of poverty off the poorer nations. I would strongly disagree with that statement. Affluent economies such as the United States and Western Europe continue to gain prosperity, however, at the expense of the poorer nations. These powerful economies exploit the resources of the less developed countries and leave them in a far more dire state. As evident by the historical World War I and World War II, whereby Japan and Germany invade into other territories for the resources. Adam Smith’s theory of scarcity suggest that
Although there is increasing attention and awareness of poverty, it remains as a major issue across the globe. This is due to the deeply entrenched causes, which cannot be simply eradicated and the ineffectiveness of international aid and efforts. Hence, I agree that a world without poverty is an impossible dream.
Opponents of my claim would argue that a world without poverty is indeed possible and that it is only a matter of time, based on statistics and data, which show that the percentage of poverty is declining. However, I would argue that it is just mere numbers and that these statistics are insufficient to support closed countries such as China in the past and North Korea. In fact, the Hermit Kingdom’s level of poverty has increased from 21 percent to 32 percent in the 1990s. Additionally, since North Korea is politically inaccessible, international organizations and aid are unable to divert their efforts, food packages or donations to the people of North Korea. Another example would be Cuba, whereby the oppressive government rejects foreign intervention to solve its state of poverty. Thus, the people living in such countries are further slump into the mire of poverty and hence a world without poverty will still remain as an idealistic dream.
Opponents of my claim would also argue that a world without poverty is possible as the Earth has adequate resources to help and alleviate this enigma of poverty off the poorer nations. I would strongly disagree with that statement. Affluent economies such as the United States and Western Europe continue to gain prosperity, however, at the expense of the poorer nations. These powerful economies exploit the resources of the less developed countries and leave them in a far more dire state. As evident by the historical World War I and World War II, whereby Japan and Germany invade into other territories for the resources. Adam Smith’s theory of scarcity suggest that