University Graham Lecture‚ 2008 Why are some countries rich and others poor? Since 1500‚ incomes have risen in most of the world‚ however: • Incomes have risen fastest in the countries that were richer in 1500 • Consequently‚ world inequality is much greater today than in 1500 • In 1500‚ average income in the UK was only 30% higher than in India • Today‚ the average UK income is ten times that in India. The graph shows when the West got rich. 25000 GDP per head 1990 US$’s 20000 15000
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1. From the book of Amos‚ state how the poor and needy were afflicted. (4) In the book of Amos‚ the poor were treated as outcast and were discriminated against. The government collected taxes from the poor such as rent thus fine buildings were built and pleasant vine yards were established. Selling the righteous for money and the needy for a pair of sandals tells us a lot about the social conditions of that time when the poor had to fight for their just rights‚ which were all too frequently ignored
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Bridging the Rich and Poor Gap in India Difficulties A person with less purchasing power is deeply affected because he cannot afford Goods and services‚ which the rich can afford and it’s safe to say that‚ he cannot change his life style and standard of living. Poor and rich gap can be in different forms‚ some of which are – Education‚ Income‚ Life style‚ Housing requirement and food needs to name of few. Since long‚ poor people have been ignored by the government but ignoring poor and their demands
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What Makes Poor Countries Poor? In the past century‚ the world has seen countless scientific and technological advancements that have greatly improved the human condition. Thanks to these developments in communications‚ transportation‚ medicine and agriculture‚ the wealth of developed nations has increased at phenomenal rates. Unfortunately‚ not all countries have experienced these benefits. Many nations still have a per capita GDP of $1000 or less. These countries continue to be poor because
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Should rich people pay more taxes than poor people? Taxes are money that people and business must pay in order to support the government. The government uses the money for building roads‚ helping schools‚ and maintaining other public services. For example‚ parks‚ buildings‚ and more public utilities. People dread paying these taxes every year because large amounts of money get taken away. To make it fair‚ everybody should pay equal amounts regardless of their income. Both rich and poor should
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pays well‚ but makes a person unhappy‚ and choosing a career that makes a person happy‚but does not pay well. What is the purpose of life? What is the one thing that truly matters in order to experience a meaningful‚ gratifying existence? Some people might say that love and happiness are all one needs in order to live a fulfilling life‚ where no amount of materialistic wealth will amount to the same level of contentment as a life where one’s career is something that one strongly believes in and
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sense of control? (use specific sentences to the text (both indirect and direct references and quotations). 3. Their Eyes Were Watching God is concerned with issues of speech and how speech is both a mechanism of control and a vehicle of liberation. Yet Janie remains silent during key moments in her life. Discuss the role of silence in the book and how that role changes throughout the novel. (use specific sentences to the text (both indirect and direct references and quotations). 4. In what ways does
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Some people strongly agree that loaning money to developing countries aids in helping them get relief from poverty and disease. Others feel the money doesn’t go where its needed and the debt is to much strain on the poor country. Aid itself is not corruptive‚ however the form of the donation should be heavily reconsidered. Tied aid is a concept that in itself is an oxymoron; the purpose of aid is to provide relief to countries in dire need‚ not to help already prosperous countries earn a profit;
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1. Poor people are far more likely than rich people to break the law. A. False B. I believe this statement is false because a social status does not define an individual’s character. Society has cast a negative light on the poor when it comes to crime. They determine that because someone is poor it gives them a greater chance of breaking the law. Breaking the law is not an issue of rich versus poor; it is an understanding between right and wrong. 2. It makes sense to choose a college major in
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The Growing Income Gap between the Rich and Poor In the United States the income gap between the rich and the poor is at an all time high. This fact is very strange to me because I hear President Bush claim that there are so many new jobs available‚ the unemployment rate is down‚ interest rates are low‚ and inflation is going down. These two claims seem contradictory to me‚ and in my paper I will hope to find out why the income gap is so high when President Bush claims the economy is doing so well
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