Re:GiveDirectly Gives Poor People a Year's Income
by Bostonian on Friday June 05, 2015 @04:35PM
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Once the whole world was living in mud huts. Whole countries must have pulled themselves up "by their boostraps".
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Re:GiveDirectly Gives Poor People a Year's Income
by Fishman343 on Friday June 05, 2015 @10:39PM
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Yes, they did, it took humanity 100, 000 years. I would like Africa to develop faster than that. Money expedites the process.
Re:GiveDirectly Gives Poor People a Year's Income
by TeMPOraL on Saturday June 06, 2015 @07:21PM
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Economies before were different from economies today. It may be possible that whatever worked naturally when everyone was "living in the mud huts" doesn't work in today's globalized environment. And no, no matter how poor you are, you can't ignore that the rest of the world is much more developed; there's no practical way to isolate your economy until you get on your feet.