POVERTY INC. (2014)

Hello Professor Kissel

Being kind in a correct way is important.... and always looking back what we did is a way to see know the truth.

Love! Late to the discussion, but wow! This validates my decision to stand my ground against a consultancy firm I worked for (Open Capital Advisors), which insisted on never making things work for my people, for the beneficiary didn’t pay the bills - consistently ensuring all projects have the “sustainability” approach as “more capacity building and grants” through the firm, instead of teaching a man to fish.

What a blessing to have started my consultancy journey with an indigenous firm, whose sole mission was to improve Ugandan lives (our communities) through practical innovation, improve business operations, affordable capital and market access 💪🏾. Only we can help ourselves. 🇺🇬🌍

"In all regions studied here, incorporation into the capitalist world-system was associated with a decline in wages to below subsistence, a deterioration in human stature, and an upturn in premature mortality. In parts of South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America, key welfare metrics have still not recovered. (3) Where progress has occurred, significant improvements in human welfare began several centuries after the rise of capitalism. In the core regions of Northwest Europe, progress began in the 1880s, while in the periphery and semi-periphery it began in the mid-20th century, a period characterized by the rise of anti-colonial and socialist political movements that redistributed incomes and established public provisioning systems.". Capitalism and extreme poverty: A global analysis of real wages, human height, and mortality since the long 16th century by Dylan Sullivan and Jason Hickel

Like si vienes por desarrollo económico 👍

It's such flawed thinking though, to surmise that if you can give everyone work and businesses that, that, is the way out. You can't junk deal and endlessly consume your way out of poverty in a sustainable way in 99% of cases. Giving you a location and money to purchase fast fashion so you can resell it and feed your family is NOT the kind of solutions this world needs.... I love the approach a company called PLETHORA #TheWorldHasPlenty seems to be taking. Get away from consumerism while creating jobs and generating capital via sustainable local businesses, globally 👌🏼 that's the thinking we need!

It’s a rigged system, that creates dependency and enriches those already rich … and makes the poor even poorer 🔥

Socialist policies don't work; consensual markets work: "Who will deny that a world in which the wealthy are powerful is still a better world than one in which only the already powerful can acquire wealth?" (F.A. Hayek)

This is a major reason why i believe Trump is closing down USAID. Clinton recognized this yet his agency is still tied into aid through loans and grants. But, Trump is by creating chaos distracting everything that has been done in the past and planned for the future. That said, the Chinese will move quick to continue more roads, schools, medical centers to employ locals to gain more loyalty from Africa and other places in the world vs alleviating poverty by aid. By building, they will gain in the market place by selling their products to the Africans which is again a model that does not really help but hinders the economic market place advancement of individuals and communities....