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11.19.2013 |
 Alex McDonald
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Tue Nov 19, 2013 9:20 am | jump to post
This week we read "The Reluctant Entrepreneur", which brought up the point why some people in developing countries do not invest in micro finance loans. The article pointed out that the main reason poor people are "reluctant entrepreneurs" because of their complacent culture. This idea is much different from most western cultural philosophies, which instill that people should do what they can to improve their lives and attaining all of the success they can. Unfortunately, in the article we learn...
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11.12.2013 |
Alex McDonald
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Tue Nov 12, 2013 4:50 am | jump to post
In this weeks reading, "The Education of a Patient Capitalist", we discover some of the real thoughts of a woman trying to make a difference in both the business and philanthropic worlds using her innate skills of changing the way social entrepreneurship is run. This article was so interesting to hear Jacqueline's opinions on other people's "charitable" acts or at least their attempts at it.
One idea from the article that I found intriguing was the fact that Jacqueline recognized that certain c...
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11.05.2013 |
Alex McDonald
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Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:08 am | jump to post
This recent article about the injustices in the tea industry were so interesting and showed some of the flaws within Fair Trade.
The first point about the article I found interesting is how Sarah lived in the the Indian culture to get a full understanding about what kinds of systems work and what do not in the Colonial culture. It was very eye-opening that Sarah would be so forthcoming to put herself in that type of situation in order for her to get a better knowledge of the inner workings of t...
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10.22.2013 |
Alex McDonald
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Tue Oct 22, 2013 3:44 am | jump to post
This week's reading titled "Game-playing: Rethinking Power and Empowerment" by Anne Hutchen's was a very thought provoking reading that not only explained different types of power, but also reminded me of the many videos and readings we have talked about in class during the course of the semester. Hutchen's explained throughout the article that there were positive types of power as well as negative types, which remain relevant when discussing the topic of Fair Trade.
The positive types of power...
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10.08.2013 |
Alex McDonald
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Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:57 am | jump to post
The article "Harnessing Entrepreneurial Energy" was a very uplifting perspective to read about. I found it interesting to see a for-profit company try and make a difference in the world.
One fact that I pinpointed from the article was how if most farmers had some help in their finances like from a micro-loan then their chances in being a successful and having an opportunity to have a better life not only for themselves but their families as well. This part really struck me because it showed how ...
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10.01.2013 |
Alex McDonald
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Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:40 am | jump to post
"A Brilliant Idea" brought up many points about Fair Trade that were once again extremely interesting and very eye-opening.
The forst point in the article was the statistic which informed us that 40% of the world only lives off of less than $2 per day. Thinking about this point seemed so surreal to me when most some staple items like milk and bread cost even more than that just by themselves. It seems so unfathomable how ridiculous our culture can get; even I fall victim to the "first world pr...
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09.17.2013 |
Alex McDonald
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Tue Sep 17, 2013 2:01 am | jump to post
I found it interesting that there are more products than I could have imagined that need to be apart of a fair trade initiative. This week we learned about Coltan, which is a natural mineral in the Democratic of Republic of Congo. This natural mineral is what the circuits in all of our electronics, especially cellphones, are made of.
This first video I watched was "Blood Coltan". This was a more serious and eye-opening documentary that listed a lot of crazy facts that were very heart-breaking. ...
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09.10.2013 |
Alex McDonald
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Tue Sep 10, 2013 1:56 am | jump to post
Hi! My name is Alex McDonald and I am also a student in Professor Combellick's Fair trade and Entrepreneurship class. This was the first time I had seen "The Dark Side of Chocolate" and it really opened up my eyes on the importance of Fair Trade and the horrible practices that go into making our favorite everyday products.
One scene that really stuck with me was when Miki interviewed the two boys who had escaped a cocoa farm in the Ivory Coast. They told Miki of the struggled they went through ...
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