Poverty! Can anyone who has really been poor know what poverty is? I really doubt it. How can anyone who enjoys three "square" meals a day explain the phenomenon? Perhaps one will be able to grasp the real meaning of poverty when one struggles real hard to have a miserable meal in twenty-four hours. Poverty and hunger are cousins; simply because the former is tied to the latter and all of this is caused by the financial crisis.
According to my lexicon, poverty is the state of being poor, while the environment is the condition that affects mainly, the behavior and development of something. For instance, if you are putting on a suit, or a complete traditional attire of any kind, you will naturally look rotund in your dress, you may neither understand what poverty entails, nor can you have a true feeling of poverty. If you have some good shirts and pairs of trousers; never mind if they are all casual wears. The fact is if you can from one dress, change into another and these are all you can boast of, thank your star because you are not really poor!
A person begins to have a true feeling of what poverty means when, apart from the tattered clothes on his body, he does not have any other, not even a motley shirt to keep away the cold at night. "Look at these little children looking like cartoons with their parents looking hopeless. They have nothing to eat for the mean time, no good shelter over their heads, talk more of giving the children a sound education. Oh! What a hopeless life to live in". That is the voice of a man journeying through a settlement of the poor.
Furthermore, let us face it straight, the developing countries are majorly identified with poverty on a large scale. Though there are poor people in America too, the difference cannot still be compared with some states, most especially in Africa. You will hitch up with me that anyone who has never slept outside in the open cannot appreciate the harsh realities of homelessness; yet that is what abject poverty is all about. He who can lay claim to a house, however humble, or can afford to rent a flat or a room in a town or city without the landlord troubles cannot honestly claim to be poor.
One of the major effects of poverty is sickness and mortality. A poor person is more prone to a poor health. In the society today, things are not done free. No matter what, after every treatment in hospital money is required; now tell me where you want paupers to get such money; when they cannot afford a meal a day! This often leads to the breeding of immoral people who will do anything to achieve their aim in life either getting into armed robbery or prostitution. I believe the governments all over the world still have a lot to do in getting rid of poverty completely in our societies.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Economic Recession - Impacts Of Economic Recession on Employment Nowadays
Much is said about the current recession. People complain about how the economic crisis makes your life worse. The economic recession often refers to two quarters of negative economic growth. A severe recession lasting more than two years, is a depression.
A recession is marked by rising unemployment, increasing debt burden of the state, reducing the share and stock prices and under investment. All these financial crisis features affect people.
People have a basic understanding of the negative impact of recovery. But how does an ordinary consumer to maintain employment crisis particularly affected, it is not really clear.
John Schmitt and Dean Baker released a new report on the possible impact of recession as the expected economic impact for the next recession this year. The 2008 report of the recession in the United States is perceived to increase the national employment rate from 2.1 to 3.8 percentage points. This is equivalent to 3.2 million and 5.8 million unemployed Americans. Calculated Risk contained in this report and the history of U.S. recession, which is based on the economic crisis, how high the number of unemployed persons increased measured.
Based on the history of U.S. recession, there were a handful of times when the unemployment rate rose to enlargement.
Unemployment rose from 0.5 percent and there have been cases this will be less. The essence of these scenarios, if the country is in recession. When the unemployment rate reached 0.6 percent, the economy, which is described in a recession. This year, the U.S. unemployment rate about 1.1 percent.
Economists have not yet been officially marked a downturn in the U.S. as an economic recession. Amid falling home equity, the rising cost of food, health and housing to an alarming number of unemployment that economists still argue that there is still a developing economy, though small. We saw no need for an official announcement really feel the recession coming in
According to the Miami Herald, the unemployed receive from despair. The number or people out of work for six months or more increased by 160,000 between July and August. There is a 10.7 per cent of people who want to make a full time job but is unable to do so. Given the lack of jobs.
No matter when you have a college degree under his arm. This year's graduates also face the highest unemployment rate since 2004, with 2.7 percent. Meanwhile, 9.6 percent of high school graduates are unemployed and this figure is also higher growth rate since 1996.
Most job losses in the manufacturing sector lost 61,000 jobs this year. In manufacturing, the Miami Herald reported losing 20 percent of employment, despite the increase in export figures.
Even if the salary or wages increased 3.6 percent compared with 2007 levels is not sufficient in comparison with the rapid increase in raw material prices. The consumer purchasing power remains low. Food and beverage costs are 5.8 percent more than in 2007.
For those who were initially employed and lucky stars, there are still soft. Companies are already reducing health insurance for their employees. Today, $ 694 and $ 3281 respectively, according to the latest data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Depression is something that was very important to be difficult for everyone. We hope that the economic reality should be recognized immediately in order to adequately address and resolve.
A recession is marked by rising unemployment, increasing debt burden of the state, reducing the share and stock prices and under investment. All these financial crisis features affect people.
People have a basic understanding of the negative impact of recovery. But how does an ordinary consumer to maintain employment crisis particularly affected, it is not really clear.
John Schmitt and Dean Baker released a new report on the possible impact of recession as the expected economic impact for the next recession this year. The 2008 report of the recession in the United States is perceived to increase the national employment rate from 2.1 to 3.8 percentage points. This is equivalent to 3.2 million and 5.8 million unemployed Americans. Calculated Risk contained in this report and the history of U.S. recession, which is based on the economic crisis, how high the number of unemployed persons increased measured.
Based on the history of U.S. recession, there were a handful of times when the unemployment rate rose to enlargement.
Unemployment rose from 0.5 percent and there have been cases this will be less. The essence of these scenarios, if the country is in recession. When the unemployment rate reached 0.6 percent, the economy, which is described in a recession. This year, the U.S. unemployment rate about 1.1 percent.
Economists have not yet been officially marked a downturn in the U.S. as an economic recession. Amid falling home equity, the rising cost of food, health and housing to an alarming number of unemployment that economists still argue that there is still a developing economy, though small. We saw no need for an official announcement really feel the recession coming in
According to the Miami Herald, the unemployed receive from despair. The number or people out of work for six months or more increased by 160,000 between July and August. There is a 10.7 per cent of people who want to make a full time job but is unable to do so. Given the lack of jobs.
No matter when you have a college degree under his arm. This year's graduates also face the highest unemployment rate since 2004, with 2.7 percent. Meanwhile, 9.6 percent of high school graduates are unemployed and this figure is also higher growth rate since 1996.
Most job losses in the manufacturing sector lost 61,000 jobs this year. In manufacturing, the Miami Herald reported losing 20 percent of employment, despite the increase in export figures.
Even if the salary or wages increased 3.6 percent compared with 2007 levels is not sufficient in comparison with the rapid increase in raw material prices. The consumer purchasing power remains low. Food and beverage costs are 5.8 percent more than in 2007.
For those who were initially employed and lucky stars, there are still soft. Companies are already reducing health insurance for their employees. Today, $ 694 and $ 3281 respectively, according to the latest data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Depression is something that was very important to be difficult for everyone. We hope that the economic reality should be recognized immediately in order to adequately address and resolve.
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