Paul O'Neil in NYT on helping the poor

Joe R. Golowka joeG at ieee.org
Tue Jul 17 12:07:29 PDT 2001


----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad DeLong" <delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU>
> >>With more than 1.2 billion of the world's people still living on less
> >>than $1 a day, there is no more important challenge than improving
> >>living standards and eliminating poverty. The World Bank and other
> >>multilateral development banks have a crucial role to play in meeting
> >>this challenge. To do so, they need to change their ways of doing
> >>business.
> >
> >Looks like typical reformist, "Green Revolution", stuff.
>
> There's something wrong with helping farmers grow more food?

Increasing the amount of food grown will only help baby boomers get fatter. If we want to fight world hunger then we have to change the distribution system.

Joe R. Golowka JoeG at ieee.org Anarchist FAQ - http://www.anarchistfaq.org

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