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ChristineHwang
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| Name: | Christine Hwang | | Occupation: | Student |
| Date registered | 09.06.2013 |
| Date of birth: | 8. March 1993 |
| Last online: | Tue Nov 19, 2013 12:54 am |
| Sex: |  female |
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11.19.2013 |
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Tue Nov 19, 2013 12:54 am | jump to post
The two readings we had to read for this week were similar in theme, yet different in how they approached or concluded to the themes. In Banjerjee and Duflo’s article, “Reluctant Entrepreneurs,” Banjerjee and Duflo go in depth about the many aspects related to micro financing.
What struck me as shocking was the point even if a high interest rate is imposed on the poor, they are still able to make the interest payments and even pay back their loans. Bajerjee and Duflo states “the sheer num...
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11.12.2013 |
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Tue Nov 12, 2013 3:36 am | jump to post
In Jacqueline Novogratz’s chapter titled, “The Education of a Patient Capitalist,” Novogratz discusses how her idea and wish of improving and building am organization that would better incorporate philanthropy and business, became reality, and about the importance of recognizing entrepreneurs. Novogratz wanted there to be an organization or institution that can “build more transparency and greater accountability into the work at all levels and treat the poor as customers with a real voice, not...
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11.04.2013 |
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Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:20 am | jump to post
In Sarah Besky’s “Colonial Pasts and Fair Trade Futures,” Besky discusses the negative impact fair trade certification has on the Darjeeling Tea Plantations. Before reading this chapter, I had always thought that nothing negative or bad could come out of Fair Trade and being fair trade certified. However, in Besky’s chapter, she talks about how the workers of the Darjeeling tea plantations feel : “how deplorable and often illegal the conditions of their life and employment really are,” (Besky...
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10.21.2013 |
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Mon Oct 21, 2013 9:31 pm | jump to post
In Anna Hutchens’ article, “‘Game-Playing’: Rethinking Power and Empowerment,” Hutchens talks about the various ways in which power can be defined. Very too often, when we think of ‘power,’ we automatically assume an individual or group having power over another individual or group. At least for me, this was the case. To me, the word ‘power’ had more of a negative connotation than a positive one.
In business classes today, too often, power is described as being able to get things done effec...
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10.07.2013 |
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Mon Oct 07, 2013 6:40 am | jump to post
In “Harnessing Entrepreneurial Energy,” William Foote, Founder and CEO of Root Capital, discusses how his company, Root Capital, came to be, and the importance of funding capital to the associations and cooperatives of rural farmers. According to Foote, a cooperative typically involves “farmers coming together for mutual benefit, to fulfill common economic and social needs” (Foote 92). While the farmers in various rural areas like Tanzania, are forming cooperatives in the hopes of increasing ...
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09.30.2013 |
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Mon Sep 30, 2013 2:17 am | jump to post
In John Bowes’ article, “Introduction to a Brilliant Idea,” Bowes expresses the problem of poverty as “appalling collective failure of human society” (Bowes 2). I found this to be a very striking and accurate representation. Like Bowes mentions, there is so much income disparity in the world. Bowes mentions that the “poorest 40% account for just 5% of the global income,” while the richest 20% have account for three quarters of the global income. While I understand that it is practically imp...
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09.23.2013 |
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Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:21 am | jump to post
In the first half of the article, Fair Trade: A human Journey, Pierre recounts many sad stories of Bangladesh women, and how the various charity foundations and Fair Trade organizations were able to rescue them. One of the statements that was very striking to me was how a mere $30- $40 a month can provide so much for the Bangladesh women. Pierre states: “this is what a middle manager in a rich industrialized country is paid for one hour of work, but for these women it is enough to put food on...
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09.16.2013 |
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Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:14 am | jump to post
The documentary explains and depicts how the use of a mineral called coltan, is leading to wars and massacres in the Congo. According to the documentary, the tiny electronic circuits in our mobile devices need a precious mineral called coltan to work. Coltan is a natural resource that is only found in the Congo and coltan is being mined at the cost of hundred thousands of bloodshed. There are internal wars among the villagers, as well as the external conflict with the foreigners that steal...
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09.09.2013 |
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Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:20 am | jump to post
Hello,
I am also a student in Professor Combellick's Fair Trade: Entrepreneurship class at Fordham University. Nice to meet you all.
I recently watched "The Dark Side of Chocolate" documentary, and here's what I thought:
I was aware of the use of child labor and trafficking in the cocoa industry; however, watching the documentary, “The Dark Side of Chocolate,” has helped me realize how ignorant I was of the reality of the matter. It was depicted in the film that almost all companies in the ...
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