Economics of Chaos

The Chaos of Hunger
By James McDonough

The allocation of scarce resources to satisfy the seemingly insatiable needs of the people has been a challenge for societies since people started hanging out together. One would think that we could have gotten pretty good at Economic Systems by now but no such luck---sadly the economics of chaos still seems to rule. The most glaring failure of the current age is starvation.
Put these two facts side by side:
Thousands of our fellow humans starve to death every year. Yet, in the United States, obesity is one of our major health problems. Obviously, we have a system here of chaos. The Chaos of Death instead of plenty. We could, and in fact we do, grow enough food to feed the world. Distribution, profit motive and the political wills of the corrupt leaders of most of the nations of the world stand in the way of solving the famine-starvation problems, the oldest economic dilemma of mankind.
The political leaders of the world must be prevailed upon to put an end to starvation. No one in the world should go hungry.
Here is how you can get involved and help.
Raise you own consciousness on the issue. When writing this blog I took an evening and researched the subject and learned a lot. Do the same. There are a lot of links at the end of this piece to give you a head start. Then spread the word; help raise the awareness of your family and friends on the facts.
A light on this dark part of the human experience will help change history for the good.
Get involved...Skip a meal...
This writer is sorry to admit it but I am overweight...I have been overeating for at least 30 years.
That easily adds up to at least 1500 meals that I could have and should have skipped in the past thirty years!
Had I skipped those meals and sent only an average of $3. per meal to a worthy relief organization; that would have been $4500. $4500!!
My life would be dramatically improved; had I acted and not procrastinated all these years.
One thing for sure, I would not be quite as heavy as I am now. Some of the other facts are even more compelling; science has now proven that losing weight and being thiner extends life and makes you healthier!! And the other more grim reality about this fanciful might have been scenario is that even a small donation could easily have saved a life.

Take the pledge with me; start skipping a meal a week. The reward will be immediate.
If you are in a position to donate $3 or $4 or so for that skipped meal to a worthy group that is fighting hunger; all the better.

Resources:
www.wellsoflifeafrica.org



Your comments and questions are always welcome.
My E-mail is jmcdonough44@aol.com
JMD

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