The raise or the fall of an entire economy can bring joy and wealth or dispair and suffering to a nation. Today we see the terrible consequenses of a missguided economy. The UN Millenium Objectives are far from being accomplished and the level of inequality in the world is overwhelming. A change in the way large and small corporations do business nowadays is needed...

 

Most people in developed countries are well aware of the fact that nearly a billion people suffer from hunger and many more die from curable diseases. Another well known fact is that many countries have declared their will to place 0.7 % of the Gross Domestic Product in Development AID. Yet, very few have reach that sum. And with the economic crises the AID is going to decrease.

Allevieting debt of poor countries would be a better way to help. Yet banks keep lending at interest, Development AID is transformed into unpayable loans while investors profit from short and very short term "investments" in poor nations.

In the next posts we will analize, how can investment be responsible and sustainable for both investors and investment receivers. And we will also see cases where the non-responsible investments can bring an entire economy to disaster, thus creating uneasyness, violence and social conflicts.