Recently, with the wildfire spread of H1N1, the share prices of some pharmaceutical and health-related companies have been climbing. Recently, on news of natural disasters and expected reconstruction efforts, the stocks of some contruction conglomerates have also risen.
The economic news are talking about "profit-taking", "outlook" and other jargons in dispassionate tones. They read the news as if this is something natural, and that they are just doing their job. They seemed to have failed to see that behind these money-making moves, are real, living, breathing people suffering because of the onslaught of disease and disaster.
I find it extremely, extremely perverse that we have no qualms about making money at the expense of our fellow human beings. That some humans are only concerned about share price movements amidst the cries of suffering of our brothers and sisters.
How would you feel if someone told you that because you have H1N1, or because your house was destroyed in an earthquake, that the prices of shares that he owns have risen?
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