SHAJI THOMAS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR P G DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PAVANATMA COLLEGE IDUKKI,KERALA EFFECTS OF BLACK MONEY ON INDIAN ECONOMY ABSTRACT: Black money is one of the hot topics of discussion now a days in our country. The black economy represents not less than one fifth of the aggregate economic transactions. Black money results in the functioning of a parallel economy. In India, black money refers to funds transacted in the black market, on which income and other taxes have not been paid. It practices those activities which are contrary to the principles of economic policy pursued in an economy. Therefore it is called illegal economic operation. It is well-known that there is a large quantity of money, income and wealth which has been …show more content…
Black money is largely attributed to tax evasion. The circulation of black money has a deep impact on the economy resulting in a decrease in government revenues. The creation of parallel economy as a consequence of the growing proliferation of black money in every sector of the economy has very serious influences on the working of the Indian economy. There is also interaction between the reported and unreported activities such that it is difficult to identify black money from the white money in economy. Such a Parallel Economy will ruin the entire economic development of the …show more content…
A rise in overall consumption leaves fewer resources for investment in priority areas, having an adverse effect on production. Black money distorts resource allocation in the economy and often leads to wasteful use of money. It leads to conspicuous consumption and in turn results in the diversion of large funds to unproductive channels which ultimately put the economy out of order. 7. Deteriorate the Ethical and Moral Standards of the Society Black money is largely responsible for the deterioration of general moral standards of the society. Black income generation implies a deviation from the accepted norms in society and from the point of view of the society is unethical. Socially, we can say that the structure and ethos of a society undergoes a massive change. Social values of honesty, hard work, thrift and simplicity get eroded. 8. Black money results in increased criminal
Leaders such as Mrs. Bailey and J.T show how those in authorities misuse their position and promote drug abuse, sexual intrigue and violence. For instance, Mrs. Bailey could pay young men to have sex with her (Venkatesh, 2009. C- Note is used to as an example of how the hustlers struggle with life as he does different types of jobs so as to earn some dollars for life. The author also shows how the police department is corrupt and how they are violent themselves instead of helping fight violence. This means that there are no appropriate measures in place to curb drug trafficking, crime and violence.
In August 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous ‘I Have A Dream’ speech to a racially mixed crowd of over 250,000 people (NY Times). In his speech, one line articulated the theme of the fourth wave especially for the African American elite. Dr. King stated, "We refuse to believe there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation." This quote embodied two of the most significant forces behind the shift between the third and fourth wave of the black elite: the Civil Rights Movement and dignity restored. After World War II, many blacks reached the tipping point of the inhumane rules of Jim Crow and began mobilizing to reject systemic oppression.
However, black men are arrested and charged for drug offenses at, “rates twenty to fifty times greater than those of white men” (Alexander, 2010). This discrepancy raises questions as to why are black men targeted for drug offenses more than all other races when black people use and sell drugs at similar rates as the other demographics. Mass incarceration stemmed from the influx of arrests made in the 1980’s and 90’s; these hordes of people put into prisons means more than just time behind
The author’s studies indicate that the criminal justice system choose majority of their targets and suspects predominantly by race. According to studies conducted by the U. S Department of Justice, the imprisonment rate by race per 100,000 residents over 3,000 black males were imprisoned in the year 2000 compared to white males imprisonment rate of less than 500. This shows that conviction of crime, robbery, murder, and other violence and drug related crimes has a clear discrepancy across racial groups.
Statistics show that Blacks are convicted and sent to prison at a much higher rate than whites although they commit crimes at virtually the same rate. Prisons tdehumanize inmates, disconnecting and isolating them from society (Herzing).
The education children receive in predominantly black neighborhoods is often sub-par, with high dropout rates. Subsequently 65% of state inmates have not completed high school. Another major issue is job opportunities; in major cities with a high black population the ability to obtain and keep a decent paying job is difficult and therefore crime is one of the only solutions. More than 50% of inmates earned less than $10,000 a year, were unemployed, or part time (8E p. 17). The close correlation between black Americans and crime is explained as
In the more developed regions of the world such as the United States, the United Nations and some of the Asian Countries, the form of economy there is Capitalism. Capitalism allows business owners to expand as much as they like since businesses are privately owned and the government have little to no influence on them. To the rich, capitalism is great, it allows them to be as rich as they want, but to the poor, capitalism only makes them poorer, it creates a disparity in social class system, and the varying changes in employment rate as a result of monopolization. Capitalism, due to monopolization makes the poor stay poor. To elaborate: a monopoly is when a person or a group owns the majority of the supply for the public.
The fundamental idea of black economics is under investigation in this research to explain the gaps that exist in the community in terms of unemployment, poverty, income, wealth, assets, and education compared to the leading racial group. According to the article, Learning Race, Socializing Blackness: A Cross-Generational Analysis of Black Americans’ Racial Socialization Experiences, “The contemporary discourse that is prevalent in the African American community has been documented for many years since the post-Civil Rights Movement Era” (Nunnally). Fueling this discourse is a working assumption that somehow African Americans are equal to other racial groups and the economic barriers that exist in their community are caused by their lack of
The goods that were being imported after the Black Death were extremely overpriced but since the population size dropped the demand for food was lower therefore decreasing the prices of food (Spielvogel World History and Geography). It was challenging and unhygienic to exchange goods through trade or produce them thus the prices of imported goods shot up. To add more to the goods crisis, large amounts of farms and villages stopped producing goods simply because most of the people who lived there died. Since huge amounts of free land was left behind, people stopped paying their rent assuming that is was acceptable thus causing tax rates to decline. Financial businesses were deeply affected and destroyed because machines being used to build things were broken or abandoned and no one remained to fix them.
13th Documentary Analysis Ava DuVernay’s documentary mentions that the United States makes up five percent of the world’s population yet is home to twenty five percent of the world’s prisoners. One out of four prisoners in the world are locked up in the U.S. The United States now has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. The thirteenth amendment of the constitution makes it unconstitutional for someone to be held as a slave.
Stud Terkel quoted in his book "Hard Times," “What I remember most of those times is that poverty creates desperation, and desperation creates violence.” (pg. 195). During the Hard Times crime rate increased as the family lost everything. This ultimately led people, to do anything to gain money. Hence, the growth in crime
During the dry era, the economy became corrupt because authorities were often bribed by illegal beverages or money in order to not arrest bootleggers, a person who smuggled alcohol into cities. Prohibition also led to less financial support because the government relied on taxes on alcohol
The United States criminal justice system is diminishing millions of lives every day. Ironically, the amount of inequalities that the criminal justice system portrays goes against the term ‘justice’. There is a 33% chance that a black male will end up in jail in his lifetime, while white males have a 6% chance. There are 4,749 black males incarcerated while there are only 703 white males. Prisons receive revenue of 1.65 billion dollars per year which makes them willing to incarcerate anyone that they can (“Enduring Myth of Black Criminality”).
Every day on the news there are all kinds of reports. Crime reports are a major part of today's events. Almost every day there are posts about crimes. The level of crime has risen immensely in every corner of the world. People have tried to understand the causes of crime, but if we look around the world we can see that many of the crimes are caused by people who abuse drugs and alcohol, people who think negatively towards others, and poverty.
Crime offers a way in which poor people can obtain material goods they cannot attain through legal means. Often, threat or force helps them acquire even more goods, encouraging them to commit more violent acts such as robbery and rape. Thus, poverty increases crime