tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160916.post7977912196815496030..comments2024-03-06T04:31:53.093+11:00Comments on Just in CASE: The business of world povertyTrevor Cairneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10743409298855125040noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160916.post-32715905824845444132008-04-29T22:27:00.000+10:002008-04-29T22:27:00.000+10:00Thanks for both comments. The first recognises th...Thanks for both comments. The first recognises that it is inevitable that in a market-based economy there will be winners and losers. This does reflect issues of power and the desire for prosperity and indeed greed. The Bible calls this sin. I can't see that any of the sites suggested offer any real solutions to the problems.<BR/><BR/>I agree with the second part of the second comment up to a point. Yes it is better to have action that has positive benefits for other economies even if motivated by incentives, rather than having no action at all. I'm thankful for any action that has a positive benefit for the lives of people in countries with less resources than our own. My point is that it is better to encourage action based on observation of the needs of others, motivated by love, compassion and sacrificial giving, rather than self interest.Trevor Cairneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743409298855125040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160916.post-15834757322454025072008-04-29T19:54:00.000+10:002008-04-29T19:54:00.000+10:00True, giving for the sake of further profit reflec...True, giving for the sake of further profit reflects self-interest, but when you mentioned the biblical pattern to lay down our life in order to gain it doesn't this "gaining" ring of the same tune?<BR/><BR/>True giving can only spur from genuine love for one's brother, not for the guidance and life that this might merit but because such is the love and character of God that we see in Jesus Christ and that we should try follow. <BR/><BR/>What of the book then? Taking a business approach to convince businesses to address poverty is only practically recognizing the truth that man generally responds best to incentives. It is simply using a language that businesses understand in order to affect that which the church has failed to do even after decades of coexistence and reaching out to capitalists. Although this approach may not offer the most right of reasons it is a much needed beginning. It is then later on perhaps, through faith, that we can hope for the right kind of transformation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160916.post-57163283652571426582008-04-25T11:56:00.000+10:002008-04-25T11:56:00.000+10:00Poverty has always been with us.But unfortunately ...Poverty has always been with us.<BR/><BR/>But unfortunately the current global poverty is an inevitable product of the current winner take all system, which has it origins in Western colonialism and imperialism---which by the way is stronger than ever.<BR/><BR/>There is a direct correlation between our obese inducing "prosperity" and what you have described in this posting. It is structured into the system -- into the power structures of the world.<BR/><BR/>Over a billion people live in slums as described by Mike Davis in Planet of Slums.<BR/><BR/>That having been said please check out these related references on the origins & consequences of the current situation.<BR/><BR/>www.coteda.com/fundamentals/index.html<BR/><BR/>www.ispeace723.org/youthepeople2.html<BR/><BR/>www.dabase.org/coopcomm.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com