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Title: “The globalisation of markets has reduced responsibility, honesty..." Post by: WhiskeyGirl on June 05, 2013, 10:54:53 PM Quote “The globalisation of markets has reduced responsibility, honesty and transparency and provoked the international crisis,” said Sergio Marini, the president of Coldiretti. “I am grateful to the pope for recognising our work.” Around 1.3 billion tonnes of food, or one third of what is produced for human consumption, gets lost or wasted every year, according to the United Nations’ food agency. In his speech, Pope Francis denounced the fact that a 10-point drop in stock markets was widely considered “a tragedy” while homeless people dying on our streets was no longer news. “Human ecology and environmental ecology walk hand in hand”, he said. read more here - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/the-pope/10101375/Pope-Francis-says-wasting-food-is-like-stealing-from-the-poor.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/the-pope/10101375/Pope-Francis-says-wasting-food-is-like-stealing-from-the-poor.html) Why is it that GM is 'saved' while sending jobs to China? Who saves the American worker? The American business? The American Dream? It all seems to be about making big global banks, businesses, and government's bigger... It's not about prosperity for the individual, opportunity, and the ability to rise...it all seems to be about the elite getting richer and more powerful. The rest of humanity are apparently disposable... just my humble opinions. |