"Amnesty International. do you realise that Amnesty is over 50 yrs old, and has freed many people from detention around the world? It has supported the peaceful struggle for democratic representation and is currently still fighting the corner for Aung San Su Ky and for Democracy in Burma. "
Amnesty International does absolutely nothing to help the poor but they do a lot of good work to advance the cause of freedom, however they also waste quite a bit of effort trying to equate terrorists and other criminals with political prisoners. I don't care how just your cause, when you blow up a school you deserve to be punished.
"The Fair Fair Trade Foundation. By setting up workers co operatives with people in the developing world, it enables people in those countries to grow food and earn more money than they would by working on a plantation run by Nestle or any other traditional corporation."
I'm rather neutral to the whole Fair Trade thing because I think it's benefits are massively overblown. It simply will not scale and so while it helps a handful of individual farmers doesn't really do anything to alleviate poverty in those countries on a larger scale. That said some of the best single source chocolate comes from fair trade sources and I have no qualms whatsoever spending a few extra bucks to get them.
"The Grameen Bank. By supplying micro credit to people in the third world, mostly women , they enable people to start businesses and make income of their own ."
I don't know anything about this particular agency but I love the idea of micro credit and see it as a perfect libertarian solution to helping the poor in 3rd world countries, however even here the benefit is largely overstated because the entire concept is based on the flawed idea that most poor people will make excellent entrepreneurs.
"Trade Justice. The world's poor take their goods to market. but the tariffs, quotas, commodity prices and such are all set out by the World Trade Organisation, that meets in New York. The UK can afford to send many delegates to the USA to argue their case and speak up for them and their industries. Sadly, the people of Ghana cannot afford to send anyone. like many developing nations, their voice is never heard at the trade conferences were decisions involving them get made."
Is this an actual organization or just an ideal? If it is an organization what do they do, if it is an ideal then hey welcome to the free trade club. Not that managed trade crap they peddle at the WTO and call free trade but actual free trade with no barriers, quota's, or Tarrifs whatsoever. This is afterall the most libertarian of positions.
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Date: 18/7/11 15:55 (UTC)Amnesty International does absolutely nothing to help the poor but they do a lot of good work to advance the cause of freedom, however they also waste quite a bit of effort trying to equate terrorists and other criminals with political prisoners. I don't care how just your cause, when you blow up a school you deserve to be punished.
"The Fair Fair Trade Foundation.
By setting up workers co operatives with people in the developing world, it enables people in those countries to grow food and earn more money than they would by working on a plantation run by Nestle or any other traditional corporation."
I'm rather neutral to the whole Fair Trade thing because I think it's benefits are massively overblown. It simply will not scale and so while it helps a handful of individual farmers doesn't really do anything to alleviate poverty in those countries on a larger scale. That said some of the best single source chocolate comes from fair trade sources and I have no qualms whatsoever spending a few extra bucks to get them.
"The Grameen Bank.
By supplying micro credit to people in the third world, mostly women , they enable people to start businesses and make income of their own ."
I don't know anything about this particular agency but I love the idea of micro credit and see it as a perfect libertarian solution to helping the poor in 3rd world countries, however even here the benefit is largely overstated because the entire concept is based on the flawed idea that most poor people will make excellent entrepreneurs.
"Trade Justice.
The world's poor take their goods to market. but the tariffs, quotas, commodity prices and such are all set out by the World Trade Organisation, that meets in New York. The UK can afford to send many delegates to the USA to argue their case and speak up for them and their industries. Sadly, the people of Ghana cannot afford to send anyone. like many developing nations, their voice is never heard at the trade conferences were decisions involving them get made."
Is this an actual organization or just an ideal? If it is an organization what do they do, if it is an ideal then hey welcome to the free trade club. Not that managed trade crap they peddle at the WTO and call free trade but actual free trade with no barriers, quota's, or Tarrifs whatsoever. This is afterall the most libertarian of positions.