Top problems affecting the world.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by mrmitchell
lack of education

Education can give you a job, security, and the ability to participate in a free democracy. It wipes out any major problem of our time.

Education can not solve the worlds problems. It can help individuals, but only because education is scarce.

[Az]

For the Nth time, poverty is not the cause of terrorism... Terrorists are by far and large middle class.

[Drogue]

I'd say it only needs too, poverty and education. Disease disappears with decent healthcare systems, so removing poverty would help that considerably. And if no-one is poor, why does everyone need to be equal? Can't we have those living comfortably and those in luxury? Trying to make everyone equal makes solving poverty, a much more important target, far harder.

You could even contend that only one of poverty and education need to be solved, as removing poverty means education is affordable, and providing education generally leads to a reduction in poverty.

However how do you get either of them to start without the other? I think improving communication systems would do it, combined with a free market worldwide - if mobility of people and resources is much better, then it doesn't matter where people are. Thus people in poorer countries will be employed, so much so that they can demand higher wages, and people in developed countries have to accept lower, as people are undercutting them. This means, while the first world will get poorer relatively, the developing world will gain. These workers will need to be trained, thus schools will be started, not to mention the money from the increased prosperous employment meaning they can build them themselves.

The free market, the great equalizer - it just takes a long time, or much better resource mobility and communication systems.

[Whaleboy]

Too many humans, too few Chinese.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Azazel
For the Nth time, poverty is not the cause of terrorism... Terrorists are by far and large middle class.

hmnmm... I don't think so.

[Provost Harrison]

And what of the potential for environmental catastrophe as I mentioned earlier?

I know I am doing my bit for population control

[Az]

The free market, the great equalizer

Yep, free market is death.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Drogue
And if no-one is poor, why does everyone need to be equal? Can't we have those living comfortably and those in luxury? Trying to make everyone equal makes solving poverty, a much more important target, far harder.

Let me guess. You aren't poor are you?

[Whaleboy]

Yep, free market is death.

LIES!!!

[Drogue]

Originally posted by Azazel
For the Nth time, poverty is not the cause of terrorism... Terrorists are by far and large middle class.

That wouldn't matter. Removing poverty means the terrorists can afford an army, thus any peace agreement would be nearer fair, as both sides would be armed. If the Palestinians were rich, they'd have their own country by now.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Drogue
The free market, the great equalizer - it just takes a long time, or much better resource mobility and communication systems.

A long time? Why is it that the divide between the rich and the poor is getting worse and worse and worse?

[Mrs. Tuberski]

i have to agree poverty is not the cause of terrorism there are far more idiotic factors invloved such as those beliefs that one mans life is more or less important then their neighbors. beleifs are like opinions and every one knows what opinions are like everybody has one

[Az]

hmnmm... I don't think so.

Better believe it - they're usually students, nurses, etc.They're intelligent and articulate.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Giancarlo


OPEC has increased supply even when prices were going up. It shows OPEC cannot control market prices. Demand controls market prices. Learn economics and take basic courses. In the 70s, OPEC did have a stranglehold, but not right now. Besides, there are plenty of countries outside of OPEC that produce what they please. You are misinformed, and none less then a liar.

Prices fall when OPEC increases production and the rise when OPEC decreases production. You don't know nearly as much as you think you do.

[Drogue]

Originally posted by Kidicious
Let me guess. You aren't poor are you?

No, but why would that matter? All I said was that it's far more important to remove poverty than it is to make everyone equal. Quality is nice, but I'd rather half the population were millionaires and the other half lived comfortably than everyone lived comfortably.