In the article "The End of Poverty, Soon." by Jeffery D.Sachs, a number of facts and statistics are expressed. The central idea of this article is the timeline of declining numbers of poverty and is expressed in this quote that Sachs conveys, "According to the World Bank’s scorecard, the proportion of households in developing countries below the extreme-poverty line (now measured as $1.25 per person per day at international prices) has declined sharply, from 52 percent in 1980, to 43 percent in 1990, 34 percent in 1999, and 21 percent in 2010. Even sub-Saharan Africa, the region with the most recalcitrant poverty, is finally experiencing a notable decline, from 58 percent in 1999 to 49 percent in 2010."(1) This Quote shows that even in Africa, poverty rates are declining. Sachs supports this idea with several pieces of evidence found in paragraph 5. He states that the birth to death rate ratio has been declining. Less deaths and more Births in 2000 than in 1990.
Sachs asserts the basics: economies growth, and hence a market economy, is vital. He also talks about "enemies of poverty". "Anti-market sentiment is no friend of poverty reduction. But neither is free-market fundamentalism." are some enemies of poverty. Poverty can cause many problems such as diseases, public education, protection of natural environment and the promotion of new sciences and technology. Sachs provides evidence that these problems can be bad. Diseases can spread all around and if it is unknown, scientist will have to find a new cure. Poverty affects Public education because child poverty damages brain development. If they do not have money, they can't buy new clothes, and kids these days judge everyone by where they come from and what they wear. This can lead to bullying. If someone is homeless, they will sleep in environmental places. They can litter and ruin the environment.
The author states that the fight to end poverty is helping to forge a new type of mixed capitalism. That old debates of public verse private are being superseded by new strategies that involve both the public and private sectors. Sachs ends his article with a statement of President John F. Kennedy, “By defining our goal more clearly — by making it seem more manageable and less remote — we can help all people to see it, to draw hope from it, and to move irresistibly toward it.”http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/25/opinion/the-end-of-poverty-soon.html?_r=0
Sachs asserts the basics: economies growth, and hence a market economy, is vital. He also talks about "enemies of poverty". "Anti-market sentiment is no friend of poverty reduction. But neither is free-market fundamentalism." are some enemies of poverty. Poverty can cause many problems such as diseases, public education, protection of natural environment and the promotion of new sciences and technology. Sachs provides evidence that these problems can be bad. Diseases can spread all around and if it is unknown, scientist will have to find a new cure. Poverty affects Public education because child poverty damages brain development. If they do not have money, they can't buy new clothes, and kids these days judge everyone by where they come from and what they wear. This can lead to bullying. If someone is homeless, they will sleep in environmental places. They can litter and ruin the environment.
The author states that the fight to end poverty is helping to forge a new type of mixed capitalism. That old debates of public verse private are being superseded by new strategies that involve both the public and private sectors. Sachs ends his article with a statement of President John F. Kennedy, “By defining our goal more clearly — by making it seem more manageable and less remote — we can help all people to see it, to draw hope from it, and to move irresistibly toward it.”http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/25/opinion/the-end-of-poverty-soon.html?_r=0