SOC 391 – The Resisting Inequality Project

The Internation Monetary Fund (IMF): Trapping Nations in Debt

The infographic presented above engages Cardoso’s explanation of underdevelopment and the information about the International Monerary Fund (IMF) presented by Vreeland. Cardoso really focuses on underdevelopment as the byproduct of imperialism in which conquering nations were able to receive a longer advantage over nations conquered by imposing regulations of unfair trade and systematic eexploitation Vreeland provides an overall explanation of the IMF that details the way in which the international loaning organization delegates the funds that are loaned out.

Using the information from both readings, I explore the consequences of utilizing debt to develop. Many of the points listed as consequences were illustrated in the movie, Life and Debt. However, in the interest of brevity, this infographic seeks only to introduce the consequences of developing through debt. In this way this infographic is a tool for individuals to 1) apply to any country that utilize IMF funds, and 2)encourage deeper analysis into the effects the IMF has.

Video: http://youtu.be/Cmit0VTdN8M?list=UUgzGkDdFTpHlLiqCCykLS9w

Resources:

Dependency and Development in Latin America (By: Fernando H. Cardoso). (2008). In J. Roberts & A. Hite (Eds.), The Globalization and Development Reader: Perspectives on Development and Global Change (2nd ed.). Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Pub.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) [By: James Vreeland]. (2012). In F. Lechner & J. Boli (Eds.), The Globalization Reader (4th ed.). Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Four Reasons Why Westerners Should Hold a Pro-Palestine Viewpoint

By: Natasha McGlaun

I wrote a blog post about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict on Buzzfeed entitled Four Reasons Why Westerners Should Hold a Pro-Palestine Viewpoint.

Why The World Will Never Forget 9/11

By: Joanna Monaco

I chose to examine how 9/11 has changed the world as a whole. I decided to focus on 2 of the biggest changes it has brought to the world: increases in national and global security and advances in wartime weapons. Although 9/11 was a terrorist attack on the United States, the resulting war on terror has changed the world. 9/11 cannot be seen only as a national problem, because it has resulted in changes that are much bigger than our nation. Looking at 9/11 through a global perspective 13 years later, one can see what a hugely significant day it was in our world and how it continues to tint our outlook as well as how we go about solving global problems.