Foreign Aid: A noble act of non-creative destruction

 

Foreign aid seems noble, but there are distinct fallacies and unplanned destructive effects from that proposal.

 

“Poor people in poor countries are poor because they have low incomes; they have low incomes because they produce very little value; they produce very little value because they are restricted from doing so by kleptocractic, corrupt, tyrannical, and destructive governments, most of which have been (and I add, still are) recipients of huge sums of foreign aid” – Tom Palmer, Senior Fellow CATO Institute

While the idea of providing monetary and financial incentives to facilitate the economic growth of undeveloped regions seems noble, there are distinct fallacies and unplanned destructive effects from that proposal.

Read more: http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/liberating-africa-freedom/2013/mar/31/foreign-aid-noble-act-non-creative-destruction/#ixzz2PKfrZPCm 

 

 

Fiyinfoluwa writing for the Washington Times on aid to Africa

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