1. (YOU MUST WRITE NOTES ON THIS QUESTION) "Why do some people have to be miserably poor in order that others can be extravagantly rich? I speak for all the children in the world who don't even have a piece of bread." (Fidel Castro) My personal opinion on this statement, is most closely described by: a. Who cares what Castro said? He was an ideological dinosaur anyway. b. Wealth and poverty are unrelated phenomena. c. Well perhaps the rich should just stop all their charity and we'll see where this leaves the ungrateful poor. d. Well on a simple technical level, the answer to this is poverty and wealth are both relative so it's just not possible for there to be someone rich without someone who is relatively poor. e. I think this is the wrong question. The right question is: "How do we prevent people being extravagantly rich while others are miserably poor?" Choice now: Choice in assignment 1: D 4. (YOU MUST WRITE NOTES ON THIS QUESTION) "Investment under neo-colonialism increases rather than decreases the gap between rich and poor countries." (Kwame Nkrumah) My personal opinion on this statement, is most closely described by: a. Get over colonialism now!!!! b. It's irresponsible messages like these that frighten foreign investors away from Africa. c. Colonialism died off decades ago. Why are you still talking about this. d. Absolutely. As Thomas Sankara said: "debt is a cleverly managed re-conquest of Africa" e. This is all managed through ratings agencies who have much more say in the decisions a government takes than the citizens of the country. Choice now: Choice in assignment 1:C Notes: 2. (YOU MUST WRITE NOTES ON THIS QUESTION) "Save the rhino!!" My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by: a. Who cares? b. Let the people who want to use this resource pay to protect it. c. We have bigger problems than worrying about rhinos. d. We must save the rhinos for our children. e. We must save the rhinos because it is the right thing to do. Choice now: Choice in assignment 1: E Notes