Isihloko sakamuva se-Bloomberg View (2/24/14) sifundeka kanje, "Inzuzo Ngokufudumeza Komhlaba noma Ushiye Ngemuva." Encwadini yakhe entsha, WINDFALL (New York: Penguin, 2014), intatheli engumakadebona uMcKenzie Funk yahamba imbulunga yonke iminyaka eyisithupha, kulandela imali emazweni angamashumi amabili nane ukuze iveze โamakhulu abantu abanomuzwa wokuthi ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu kuzobenza bacebe.โ
Engxoxweni ehlukile, uFunk uphawula ukuthi โku-Wall Street awusakutholi ukuphikwa kwesimo sezulu.โ Ngokunganaki okukhulu ngezimbangela zokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, abaphendulile banquma kusenesikhathi ukuthi ukutshala imali kubuchwepheshe obuluhlaza kwakuyisiphakamiso esilahlekile. Esikhundleni salokho, โlapho izwe lishisa, kulapho lalincipha khona ukuhlalwa, kulapho neqhwa liba likhulu.โ
Ngo-2008, iRoyal Dutch Shell yakha izimo ezimbili ezibucayi zobungozi besimo sezulu ezibizwa ngokuthi i-Blueprints and Scramble. Esokuqala sasifanekisela ikusasa eliluhlaza kanti lesi sakamuva sabikezela - ngenxa yokungasebenzi kukahulumeni - ikusasa lesomiso, izikhukhula, amagagasi okushisa neziphepho ezinkulu. Ngo-2012, abaphathi bakwaShell bathulula isifuba kuFunk โSiye kuScramble. Lolu uhlobo lomhlaba weScramble. Yilokhu esikwenzayo.โ Esinye isikhulu sakwaShell siphakamise ukuthi โNgizoba ngomunye walabo bantu abajabulela ihlobo elingapheli e-Alaska.โ
Umlayezo wombhali uthi esikhathini esifushane, kuzoba khona abawinile nabahluliwe ngoba inhlekelele yemvelo โ...ayisho inhlekelele yezimali yawo wonke umuntu.โ Futhi nakuba abafundi baleli phephandaba bezoyigwema okwesikhashana imiphumela emibi kakhulu yokufudumala kwembulunga yonke, abanye abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyinkulungwane ngeke basinde.
Phakathi nalesi sikhathi sesikhashana, inkulumo ethi 'igagasi elikhulayo lizophakamisa wonke ama-yachts' ingaphezu kwesingathekiso:
- Abantu abaningi babheka amanzi njengesidingo, ilungelo lomuntu eliyisisekelo, kodwa abeluleki bezokutshalwa kwezimali kanye namakhasimende abo anezithende ezinhle babheka amanzi njengegolide eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, โi-petroleum yekhulu leminyaka elizayoโ inani layo njengesigaba sempahla lizodlula zonke ezinye izinto ezibonakalayo. Imali itheleka โku-hydrocommerceโ okuhlanganisa namalungelo amanzi kanye nezimali zothango lwempahla yamanzi.
- I-ARCADIS, inkampani yonjiniyela yase-Dutch ehlinzeka ngokuvikelwa kwezikhukhula yabona imali engenayo yenyuka ngamaphesenti angu-26 ngo-2013. Ngezigidigidi ezingu-8 zamaRandi, bazoyinqamula udonga lwase-Manhattan kusukela eSandy elandelayo.
- Izicishamlilo ezizimele ze-AIG zizojaha ukumboza izigodi ezisedolobheni lase-Los Angeles ngezinto ezikhethekile ezivimbela amalangabi kuyilapho izakhamuzi ezingenazo izithende zibukele amakhaya azo esha angqongqe.
- U-Barney Schauble waseNephia, isikhwama esikhulu se-hedge fund, uqinisekile ukuthi โisimo sezulu esiguquguqukayo kakhulu sidala ingozi eyengeziwe kanye nesifiso sokuvikela kuleyo ngozi,โ kungakho kwethulwa okuthile okubizwa ngokuthi โokuphuma kwesimo sezulu.โ
- Umtshali-zimali ozinze eLondon uthela imali emapulazini aseRussia nasezitolo ezinkulu zomhlaba wonke ngoba isomiso sokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, imililo, ukugwaduleka nezikhukhula kuzophazamisa isivuno sezitshalo. Njengoba omunye umhlaziyi ekubeka, โAbantu bayohlale bekhokha ukuze baqhubeke bedla.โ
- Omunye umphathi wesikhwama, osebenza kanzima ezinkampanini zomshwalense, watshela uFunk ngokuzethemba ukuthi izikhukhula ezibangelwa ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu zivumela amaphrimiyamu aphezulu ngakho โinkathi yeziphepho empeleni iyinto enhle impela.โ
- Nakuba kungashiwongo kule ncwadi, uSenator James Inhofe (R. Okla) ufuna ukwenza imali eyengeziwe ku-Wall Street โnge-Disaster Savings Accounts,โ lapho abantu abacebile bengathola khona ikhefu lentela elingu-$5,000 ukuze banciphise izehlakalo zesimo sezulu esibi kakhulu. Inweba i-chutzpah yezepolitiki emikhawulweni yayo yangaphandle, i-Inhofe isanda kubhala Inkohliso Enkulu Kakhulu, incwadi ethi ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke kuwuzungu olukhulu oluklanyelwe ukukhulisa imithetho kahulumeni.
- Umhlaba ofudumele usho ukwanda komkhuhlane wodenga ukudlula izindawo ezishisayo. Isixazululo? I-British Oxitec Corporation ibona kusengaphambili umkhiqizo onelungelo lobunikazi wokulwa nesifo esizalwa omiyane njengomenzi wemali oqinisekile.
- Mhlawumbe okwesabekayo, ukukhuphuka kwamazinga olwandle kwenza iBangladesh ibe โziroโ ekushintsheni kwesimo sezulu. Impendulo ye-India ingu-2100 miles, i-floodlight, umgoqo ofakwe ugesi, "uthango lwehlazo," olwakhiwe ukuvimbela ababaleki besimo sezulu base-Bangladeshi abangaba yizigidi ezingamashumi amabili nanhlanu ukuba bawele umngcele lapho ingxenye eyodwa kwezinhlanu zesifunda sabo singaphansi kwamanzi.
- Ngilindele ukuthi izinga lenyuvesi Izikhungo Zezezimali Zemvelo zisuke ekuvikelweni kwemvelo ziye ezikhundleni ezikahle kwabathweswe iziqu ukuze zisebenzise leli thuba lenhlekelele ezayo yemvelo.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi uFunk akahluleli ngezihloko zakhe zengxoxo, ekhetha ukubabheka njengabantu abalungile โngokwezinkolelo zabo,โ abenza kuphela izinto abazicabangela bona. Uvumela ukuthi โNgeke sithembe ukuthi i-capitalism izokulungisa lokhuโ kodwa uyagomela ukuthi โakukho lutho olungalungile ngokuzuza enhlekeleleniโ kanye nokukhathazeka ngokuthi abafundi bangase banyundele ngokungafanele osomabhizinisi.
Ngomqondo owodwa omncane ulungile ngoba ingqondo yangaphakathi yesistimu kodwa enephutha elibulalayo inesibopho. Noma yimuphi u-CEO ovumele ukucatshangelwa kobulungiswa besimo sezulu ukuthi ungene ezinqumweni zakhe uzothathelwa indawo ngokushesha ngumuntu ohambisana nomgomo.
Engxenyeni yemibono yangaphambili, ngibeke abantu abaningi abakhathalelayo abakhathazeke ngempela ngokusinda komhlaba โnjengabaphika ubunxiwankuluโ ngenxa yokungafuni kwabo ukuphimisa igama elithi โCโ. Lokhu, naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi ukusolwa ngokucekelwa phansi kwemvelo kulele ohlelweni lwethu lomnotho lokukhula kanye nenzuzo nganoma yiziphi izindleko. Abaxolisi balolu hlelo bakhona ngaphakathi nangaphandle kukahulumeni futhi abasoze baba yisixazululo.
Sonke kumelwe sifinyelele iziphetho ezisobala futhi senze ngokufanele phakathi nesikhathi esinzima esisele.
U-Gary Olson, Ph.D. Ungusihlalo woMnyango Wesayensi Yezepolitiki eKolishi laseMoravian eBethlehem, PA. Othintana naye: [i-imeyili ivikelwe]