Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Top 5 World Problems

         World’s Biggest Problems Ranks from most serious to least

1.      Clean water
Access to clean water around the world is scarce. Water, especially in the Middle East has become a commodity equal to oil. 

2.      Unemployment 
Even though the economy is regaining its rigor, unemployment is still a huge problem that causes inequality and tension between citizens.

3.      Hunger
The UN estimates that about 1in 9 people go hungry each day. While most of this is happening in underdeveloped countries there is still hunger in developed countries as well. The price of food is skyrocketing leaving the poor unable to eat.

4.      Separation of Classes
The poorer are becoming poorer and the richer are becoming richer. 95% of the worlds wealth is owned by 1% of people. The amount of power that leaves these people is dangerous to say the least. Between running the political front and owning the highest corporate power, the top 1% basically runs the world.

5.      Health
The need for cures for the most deadly diseases remain unfound. It seems we have the capacity through science to tackle some of the most dangerous diseases, but for some reason we have yet to find a cure.
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Solutions from most plausible to least

1.    Separation of Classes Solution
The solution for this is not a simple one. My very bare suggestion would be to tax the richest who do not contribute at least 30% of their wealth to bettering the lives of those they basically are in charge of.

2.    Hunger Solution
One solution for this would be to share. It's as simple as kindergarten manners, if you don't need it share it. A lot of people have more than their share of food.

3.    Clean Water Solution
A solution for this problem might be funding for scientific research into natural economical ways to filter water.

4.    Unemployment Solution
Economists everywhere agree that a solution to this problem would have to come from creating more jobs, whether it be private sector or government funded job creation.

5.    Health
I believe that more government funding needs to be allocated to cancer fighting organizations who are focused on a cure. It's also essential that we educate people on proper eating and detoxifying to protect ourselves from these diseases.


I chose Water as the most important because it’s a natural resource that can easily be made clean for others. People are dying and becoming ill because they don’t have the tools necessary to clean their water. I believe at the very least countries should be contributing systems to these people for cleaning water.

I think the separation of classes is a huge problem, but I also think that the solution is easily implementable. I mean how hard is it for legislation to pass a bill saying A. if you’re a billionaire please contribute your butt load of money to bettering the lives of not only your own family, but the families around the world who can’t even eat at night. B. If you don’t do this we will tax you ourselves and contribute the money to at least the people in our own country who need the help.

2 comments:

  1. Brittney,

    Really liked your article, in fact, it reminded me a lot of my own. Every time I read the articles that students post about the world's problems, they seem pretty similar, which I find very interesting. It means that if we all see the same problems in the world, then we're all on the same side, which should make it easier to fix them. I guess we'll have to see if that proves true.

    Anyways, my article also speaks about clean water and hunger: http://ent3003sinon.blogspot.ie/2016/01/top-5-world-problems-and-solutions.html
    Good luck with the rest of class!

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  2. Hi Brittney, I really liked your post. I have hunger and water issues on my list as well! I found the way you organized your list of solutions interesting, since I would have them in a much different order. I wouldn't have thought to include separation of classes as a biggest problem, although it definitely is a big issue! It'll probably take a lot of work to change that one, since the rich won't want to be taxed more on the basis of being more successful. Anyways, I really liked your list, and please feel free to check out mine here: http://biancamarques23.blogspot.com/2016/01/top-5-world-problems.html

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