Based on your own reading in the social sciences, what do you find to be some of the more convincing causes of poverty and inequality? What role do you see for globalization in the causes of poverty and inequality? Which theoretical argument(s) from the social science disciplines you have reviewed do you think best explains the incidences and relationship among globalization, poverty, and inequality? Identify some possible policy remedies for poverty and inequality, and explain how they might work to improve people’s lives. Do these policy recommendations conform more to one discipline or theory than the others? Finally, do you believe these remedies might actually improve these particular human conditions (poverty and inequality) in your lifetime? Be sure to draw on your own experiences and assessments here.
