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11.19.2013 |
 Luke Poirier
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Tue Nov 19, 2013 4:40 am | jump to post
In the "Reluctant Entreprenuers" what I found most interesting was how high the interest rates were for micro finance loans. Many of these people are paying over 5 percent interest on their loans, however many of these people are still paying the interest back on the loans as well as still making profit from their entreprenuership projects. Others however are never able to really expand their businesses and achieve large scale success because they can't cross the threshold of making enough pro...
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11.12.2013 |
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Tue Nov 12, 2013 3:58 am | jump to post
The first aspect of this excerpt from "The Education of a Patient Capitalist" I found interesting was how she talked about the nature of philanthropy in the late 90's and early 2000's, how it was flawed and needed a fresh perspective. She talked about how it was all "givers" and "takers" and that the money went directly to poor people usually in some form of charity or handout. She also talked about how the "takers" or donatees felt obligated to please the "giver" because otherwise they might ...
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11.05.2013 |
Luke Poirier
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Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:17 am | jump to post
In this article, "Colional Pasts and Fair Trade Futures: Changing Modes of Production and Regulation on Darjeeling Tea Plantations" by Sarah Besky this most glaringly obvious thing that stands out is that Fair Trade is not helping these people. Every case we have looked at this semester has shown the positive aspects of Fair Trade and how implementing it in new places could be beneficial. This article actually talks about how it has had negative impacts and how the Colonial system was actually...
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10.21.2013 |
Luke Poirier
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Mon Oct 21, 2013 7:34 am | jump to post
The part of this reading that stood out to me the most was the section in which Hutchens talked about "power with". She defined this as “The capacity to achieve with others what one could not do alone." and also as "a cooperative relationship in which individuals work together to multiply individual talents and knowledge". Both of these definitions are perfect examples of what we are trying to achieve in our Fair Trade and Entrepreneurship class.
I found this whole section extremely relevant ...
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10.07.2013 |
Luke Poirier
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Mon Oct 07, 2013 7:41 am | jump to post
In this week's reading about Root Capital I not only found the benevolent goals of the company to be important and worth learning about but also from an entreprenuerial prespective Foote executed a brilliant idea. He found a gap between small and large loans and addressed the probelm by creating a comapny that provides medium sized loans. As an entrepreneur the goal is to find a problem and create a solution in the form of a business. Foote not only succeded in solving a problem but a social...
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09.30.2013 |
Luke Poirier
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Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:29 am | jump to post
One part of this chapter that stood out to me was the connection the author drew between climate change and fairtrade. The author talked about how climate change only drew attention from millions of people after politicians and large companies began to express concerns. It started out as a little known theory and now people across the world are constantly thinking about it and many working to try and reduce climate change. The author also talked about how fairtrade inherently adds to climate ...
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09.30.2013 |
Luke Poirier
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Mon Sep 30, 2013 12:42 am | jump to post
First off I'd like to say that it was an interesting switch from documentaries to literature. This excerpt provided a different perspective on fair trade because it talked about the history of fair trade and the people and organizations that kick started it, rather than focus on one specific region or problem, which is what the documantaries did. However it was also powerful and emotional which I think was helped by the photographs the author chose to strategically place. I think the author did ...
Luke Poirier
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Mon Sep 30, 2013 12:41 am | jump to post
One part of the documentary "Blood Coltan" that I found profound was when they talked about the amount of rape and the severity of the attacks in the Congo. The minister Jean Boscol (not sure about spelling) and Christine (can't spell last name) spoke about the rapes that happen constantly all across the Congo, mostly around the mining areas. Christine was helping some of the victims by giving them ten dollars a month to survive. They also talked about how brutal and violent these rapes can be a...
Luke Poirier
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Mon Sep 30, 2013 12:40 am | jump to post
After watching the documentary "The Dark Side of Chocolate" it is hard to choose which parts of the video were the strongest, as most of it was equally disturbing. First of all I was shocked by the the man who they referred to as "The right hand of the Ivory Coast's president" and his apparent denial of child trafficking. Similarily, I was shocked by Ali Lakiss's dismissal of the claims of child slavery/trafficking.
I find it unbelivable that these people, who are clearly aware of the crimes t...
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