Category Archives: Economics
Perspectives of Poverty
I came across the following photography project, that attempts to address the issue of representation and poverty in rural Africa. Duncan McNicoll,the photographer and an Engineers Without Borders employee, uses two different photographs of the same individual to illustrate how … Continue reading
Filed under Africa, Development, Economics, International Development, Uncategorized
The Giving Pledge
Recently much media attention has been given to 40 American billionaires, pledging to give away 50% of their fortune to ‘charity’. The program was the brain child of Bill and Melinda Gates. When I initially encountered this story my criticism … Continue reading
Filed under Charity, Current Events, Development, Economics, International Development, Journalism, Politics, Uncategorized
The Globalization of the English Language
*All images were ‘borrowed’ from google images, from actual agencies advertising ESL products/classes. I have recently started a new employment position teaching foreign students ESL in Toronto. Previously, I taught overseas in Taiwan in a similar position, although now I … Continue reading
Purchasing the Eradication of Poverty
In a massive grocery superstore, clinical in character, housing any product your heart desires to purchase, you can find them. They sit on one of the hundreds of shelves, pressed in between a few of the thousand of products. The … Continue reading
