Our source is Hartmann and Blass's (2007). image on page 87 of Quest 3, which is below.
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| Quest 3, chapter 3 "Developing Nations" |
Discuss these questions in a comment:
- Did you have a job when you were this child's age (12)?
- What does a person need in order to start a business?
- How can we make sure that everyone has the same opportunity to succeed?
- Hartmann and Blass's question assumes we should do this. Do you agree?
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It's a little bit ashamed that I've had a job when I was 12. I should have had this for my experience.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, to start a business one should have a clear dream and specific goal before doing other important steps of doing business such as knowing what to do and why to do.
Due to the uncontrollable factors like economics status or political situations, it seems hard to make sure that everyone has the same opportunity to succeed. But regardless of those factors, those who have creative ideas, good time management, braveness to take risks, understanding the current trends and attitudes of people like customers could succeed in their business.
No, I didn’t have a job when I was a child. In order to start a business, They should have an experience in their field of industry or at least enough background information about it. We can make sure that the chance to become success is equal by the equality of education and the rule of law. The education should be accessible for every members in the society; furthermore, the rule of law should be obligated to every parts and classes of the society. So, the everyone would have the same chance to become successful in their business. I agree with them to ask these.
ReplyDeleteI did not have a job when I was 12 years old. I think job,in this case, means something that you and you earn money from it. I think children don't need to have a job but they do have duty to study. However, some children have jobs because of some reasons such as they want to earn money to help their family.
ReplyDeleteAbout business, in order to start a business, I think a person needs knowledge to run a business successfully. And fund or money is also important in starting a business.
I didn't have any jobs when I was young. During my 12, I helped my parents doing some housework. But doing it is not a job because a job need getting paid and doing it regularly.
ReplyDeleteA person needs substantial capitals to start business. The most important thing is financial capital and the next thing is knowledge. Financial ones might come from people's own savings or credits from banks. Knowledge needs related skills and some experience.
It is hard to guarantee that everyone has same opportunity to succeed things. Different economic systems try to make best for people. Lezzaire-fair, in principle, opens for all opportunists that anyone can access. Welfare system concerns basic safety net of people and supports those in poor conditions.
Even though it is very ideal, I agree that the system designed should make sure of everyone accessing same opportunity as much as possible.
When I was growing up, it was common for kids my age to have jobs. I didn't have regular job like delivering newspapers, as my cousins in town did, but I had a few lawns I used to mow for older people. They paid me $5.00, which was actually pretty good for a couple of hours work in the early 1970s.
ReplyDeleteI don't know whether it's still common for children or young teens to do that or not. I suspect that interfering governments might have made laws that stop children being so independent, but I'm not sure.
On the other questions, I think that people like Robert Nozick and other libertarians make a very strong case based on respecting human rights that governments should not interfere by taxing and the like, but that they fall down on the facts: intelligent, hard-working people no more deserve great success than do rich kids who inherit wealth or position from parents. But now I'm getting more onto one of the essay questions we looked at today, although I think this is something worth following up, and Ning, who is thinking of answering that particular question, might like to see some discussion on it.
I do, however, have a problem with the idea that everyone should have the same opportunity to succeed. It would be extremely costly and not an obviously useful allocation of resources to bring the least capable members of a society up to the same level as the most capable. It does not seem obvious to me that that is sound economics.