Comments on: Winner of the Week – 11 October 2015: Guinea, Sierra Leone & Liberia Free of Ebola

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 23:11:34 +0000

That’s always going to be the case. I’m encouraged that leading economists now recognize that inequality is a significant economic problem, and that trickle-down economics has been soundly debunked. Models like microloans are now seen to be far more important in getting poor countries out of poverty, especially when the loans are given to women. So it’s not as bad as it used to be – it is working better than it did in the past.

By: Paxton marshall

Paxton marshall — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 20:03:38 +0000

Too often the money simply makes the rich richer and the poor poorer.

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 23:07:03 +0000

In reply to AU.

The World Bank are no angels, but that’s not how I personally think of them, and it’s better those countries got that money than they didn’t.

You’re right about charity, but whatever the motive, at least those on the receiving end get help. I doubt they care what the motives of the giver are.

By: AU

AU — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 10:12:54 +0000

Ah, the good old World Bank – the organisation that helps us sleep better in the West because we can ignore the devastating effect our policies, driven by the greed of our government and population, has on people around the world, and say “look, we’re the good guys, we’re helping those poor people over there.”

So much of charity is driven not by our desrire for a more equal and fair society, but to make us feel better about ourselves.