Comments on: Microfinance – A zero sum game? http://simran.crownpac.net/blog/2007/05/04/microfinance-%e2%80%93-a-zero-sum-game/ Article and URL Archive Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:05:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Singh http://simran.crownpac.net/blog/2007/05/04/microfinance-%e2%80%93-a-zero-sum-game/#comment-38650 Mike Singh Wed, 06 Jun 2007 22:20:39 +0000 http://simran.crownpac.net/blog/2007/05/04/microfinance-%e2%80%93-a-zero-sum-game/#comment-38650 How are capital making resources supposed to be developed in third world countries when there are few resources to begin with. Maybe this should equate to the greater powers dividing their resources onto these regions but which economies political rulers are willing to accommodate this change? Refer back to Malthus's theory on wordwide subsistence. The population continues to grow exponentially whilst the food/resource of life continues at a linear rate. In the future the disparity between the rich and poor countries should only grow with this assumption. Not that this is an excuse to stop trying but what is actually helping? There's other theorists that dignify the current situation as a result of the current economies and resources we have in place as on this earth etc. It defnitely is a zero sums finance because even if these nations were to become a little more developed that would mean removing the prosperity from another economy - based on Malthus's model? How are capital making resources supposed to be developed in third world countries when there are few resources to begin with. Maybe this should equate to the greater powers dividing their resources onto these regions but which economies political rulers are willing to accommodate this change?

Refer back to Malthus’s theory on wordwide subsistence. The population continues to grow exponentially whilst the food/resource of life continues at a linear rate. In the future the disparity between the rich and poor countries should only grow with this assumption.

Not that this is an excuse to stop trying but what is actually helping? There’s other theorists that dignify the current situation as a result of the current economies and resources we have in place as on this earth etc. It defnitely is a zero sums finance because even if these nations were to become a little more developed that would mean removing the prosperity from another economy – based on Malthus’s model?

]]> By: mr. closets http://simran.crownpac.net/blog/2007/05/04/microfinance-%e2%80%93-a-zero-sum-game/#comment-35189 mr. closets Sat, 05 May 2007 14:25:12 +0000 http://simran.crownpac.net/blog/2007/05/04/microfinance-%e2%80%93-a-zero-sum-game/#comment-35189 Great piece! I love nothing better than a simple (yet non-condescending) explanation with color graphics. Great piece! I love nothing better than a simple (yet non-condescending) explanation with color graphics.

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