Morgan+Faulk+inquiry

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= FINAL PAPER: Lesotho Needs a New Deal =

= Paul Harvey Very Rough Draft =

= *Paul Harvey Updated Rough Draft* =


 * Possible Topics:**
 * **The Spread of the Bubonic Plague throughout Europe and surrounding areas**. Areas of interest could be how the spread was almost unstoppable as it tore its way across the land, how virtually unprotected the people were, possible explanations for the plague, and the structure of the plague. Further question to be studied: could an epidemic like this happen again? Are there any other times in history when something like this has happened? How close to mass annihilation was Europe during this time? How exactly did the plague infiltrate the Europe landmass? What do I know: I know that the Bubonic plague was brought over on ships and it was highly contagious. People developed flu-like symptoms and large bulbas ( I think) developed on victims. Death was eminent and there was no way to prevent the spread. It wiped out a huge part of the population and did not discriminate between social classes. Survivors had to bury the dead and often they could not bury them fast enough so they would build large pits and burn the bodies. I also heard that the plague was spread from rats and fleas (unclean conditions). Fleas would bite the rats and would again bite the humans. I am not sure how the rats or fleas were originally infected with the disease.
 * **The Evils of the capitalist society**. In comparison to other government systems, how is the distribution of wealth? I feel that with the capitalist system in America, the rich get more money and the poor stay poor. It begs the question: what is the design of the capitalist system and who pulls the strings? Even if entrepreneurship is a good thing, how is it that monopolies take away all the money away from small struggling businesses. In my opinion, I do not like large monopolies. The goal is to make the most money while offering semi-quality goods. The making of the goods are horrible for the environment since they are usually made in factories where the EPA has no jurisdiction. Is capitalism the way to go? Does it do the most for the common good or does it end up hurting the people who support it?
 * **Foreign Relief Aid.**-How does foreign aid work? Are we out to just make more money by trading with other people? It seems it would be better if we traded and educated verses giving the money to corrupt governments. Why do the robust economies not look out for struggling nations? Has greed overtaken everything? I know there is a lot of red tape that goes into helping other nations, but what is the hold-up and the red tape? I honestly wish that the prosperous nations, like the United States of America, would step in and alleviate the economic issues of poverty stricken countries.Too much money is being spent on the wars and secret councils in the government. This money should be funneled into relieving things associated with poverty. War just makes things worse for everyone often times. More money will have to be sent in after the war is over to just rebuild. I understand that wars are necessary, but improving quality of life should be too.
 * To go along with this, I want to look at a poverty of resources and education as it applies to people in countries without money. Specifically I want to look at the women in Africa who walk 4 hours a day to get water. How much would it cost to create new wells and have clean water filters installed? Also, I think an investigation into the sanitation in India would be in order. Why is education not available to teach these people proper hygiene and food preparation? Why are there no areas designated for drinking water, food water, bathing water, and bathroom water? What is a good plan of action for educating and supplying these people with the knowledge and resources they need?
 * Looking at the corrupt government and poor living conditions in Africa, how would trade, not aid, help Africa?

1. What exactly is the premise of providing trade and not aid to Africa, and why is it necessary? Who- who is requesting trade rather than aid and who is this for? aka- who are the parties involved? What- what exactly is trade and not aid? What happens to aid that is sent? (corrupt governments) How- how is this executed? Why- why will trade work verses the traditional approach of aid? - also, why are governments not responsive to trading with Africa to allow them to be independant? - previous success of trade, not aid campaign (china) - Trade with aid is necessary to build the proper infrastructure to allow trade to happen
 * DRAFT QUESTIONS**

2. As evidenced in places like China, trade has been crucial in overcoming poverty. Why, in poverty-striken areas like Africa, is relief aid given rather than trade? Why is both trade and aid, necessary to bring people out of poverty and why are governments reluctant to engage in this? BASICALLY- How do we help Africa?


 * IDEA:** Could help bring the unemployment rate down in the United States by plugging some of them into the African infrastructure- individuals who are educated in certain fields such as economics, teaching, agriculture...the eventual long term effects would be multiple trading partners. US individuals would be able to assist Africa in getting back on their feet. Essentially, it would be applying Roosevelt's worker projects to a larger scale.

Original Sources:

From Dr. Lee I think this will work, you just will have to be creative with regard to how you conduct the research. All the work you do now is setting the context. You will be reading secondary and tertiary sources. These are reports by other people about your topic. The temptation may be to just summarize these materials. You need to to push beyond that and conduct original research. You should be able to do that by applying lessons learned from Roosevelt's programs to the specific conditions in Lesotho. You will also have to access data about conditions in Lesotho. The official government web portal may help - http://www.lesotho.gov.ls/home/

New sources to look at:

Look at agriculture, forestry, health care and water access,HIV/AIDS

DRAFT - Lesotho Needs a New Deal 







