I believe in teaching a man to fish.

Posted on: February 6, 2017 at 14:53:11 CT

Example: In the past, and for all I know right now, we've given food to poor countries, and poorer people, in Africa. Result: In some/many cases the local farmers would go out of business because they couldn't compete with free food.

Capeche?

And, a related piece.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123758895999200083

To whit:

"Even what may appear as a benign intervention on the surface can have damning consequences. Say there is a mosquito-net maker in small-town Africa. Say he employs 10 people who together manufacture 500 nets a week. Typically, these 10 employees support upward of 15 relatives each. A Western government-inspired program generously supplies the affected region with 100,000 free mosquito nets. This promptly puts the mosquito net manufacturer out of business, and now his 10 employees can no longer support their 150 dependents. In a couple of years, most of the donated nets will be torn and useless, but now there is no mosquito net maker to go to. They'll have to get more aid. And African governments once again get to abdicate their responsibilities."






Edited by GA Tiger at 14:58:13 on 02/06/17