Nicholas D. Kristof

I'm a huge fan of Kristof and WuDunn, but I found a couple of pieces missing. They acknowledge the solutions were not necessarily perfect, and everything has unintended consequences. Some suggestions were incomplete. I support high compensation for NGO leaders as a reward for high impact, PROVIDED it does not come at the price of low compensation for employees. Some of the NGOs they listed do not pay their interns, which is illegal in DC. Some also offer barely survivable wages. If an organization cannot pay an employee with an advanced degree $75,000 annually for more than 40 hours a week in the DC Metro Area, then the ED does not deserve $300,000 annually.… (meer)

I have to agree with Kit Bakke on this book. It is heartbreaking to know what women go through in developing nations, but it is that much more impressive and inspiring when they open up hospitals, start successful businesses, and earn doctoral degrees in their 40s. Feminism is not dead, and in truth, the strides these women make help all human beings.

When Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize last year, I was baffled. For one, he is commanding two very unpopular wars at this moment. For another, these women who have started grassroots movements in their home villages have had to do it with many more obstacles. I understand getting policy passed through Congress is not easy, but politicians are not facing the same dangers as women in war stricken nations trying to go to school, leave abusive families, and vote. I know that the US is not perfect, but I am thankful that I have the right to get an education, to choose a domestic partner who doesn't beat me, and to vote. It is strange to think that suffrage for women is not even 100 years old yet.

There is a portion of the book with which I do not agree and cannot easily comprehend Kristof's and WuDunn's view. The Axis of Equality chapter suggests that supporting sweatshop labor is a necessity to help developing nations. Perhaps this is how western nations developed during movements like the Industrial Revolution, but the problem is that the US is losing so many job opportunities to India, China, and South America. I understand the need to support rural labor, but I believe that the US is in dire need of job creation and exports.

Unrelated, but I was very happy to have him sign my book.… (meer)

I'm a huge fan of Kristof and WuDunn, but I found a couple of pieces missing. They acknowledge the solutions were not necessarily perfect, and everything has unintended consequences. Some suggestions were incomplete. I support high compensation for NGO leaders as a reward for high impact, PROVIDED it does not come at the price of low compensation for employees. Some of the NGOs they listed do not pay their interns, which is illegal in DC. Some also offer barely survivable wages. If an organization cannot pay an employee with an advanced degree $75,000 annually for more than 40 hours a week in the DC Metro Area, then the ED does not deserve $300,000 annually.… (meer)

I have to agree with Kit Bakke on this book. It is heartbreaking to know what women go through in developing nations, but it is that much more impressive and inspiring when they open up hospitals, start successful businesses, and earn doctoral degrees in their 40s. Feminism is not dead, and in truth, the strides these women make help all human beings.

When Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize last year, I was baffled. For one, he is commanding two very unpopular wars at this moment. For another, these women who have started grassroots movements in their home villages have had to do it with many more obstacles. I understand getting policy passed through Congress is not easy, but politicians are not facing the same dangers as women in war stricken nations trying to go to school, leave abusive families, and vote. I know that the US is not perfect, but I am thankful that I have the right to get an education, to choose a domestic partner who doesn't beat me, and to vote. It is strange to think that suffrage for women is not even 100 years old yet.

There is a portion of the book with which I do not agree and cannot easily comprehend Kristof's and WuDunn's view. The Axis of Equality chapter suggests that supporting sweatshop labor is a necessity to help developing nations. Perhaps this is how western nations developed during movements like the Industrial Revolution, but the problem is that the US is losing so many job opportunities to India, China, and South America. I understand the need to support rural labor, but I believe that the US is in dire need of job creation and exports.

Unrelated, but I was very happy to have him sign my book.… (meer)