Well just read David Brooks’ Op-Ed piece on the effect of the earthquake in Haiti. I often find him infuriating though also frequently thought provoking. See what you think: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/opinion/15brooks.html?hp
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Tom 9:18 pm on January 15, 2010 Permalink
I buy that we don’t know how to apply ‘macro-aid’ to reliably and significantly reduce poverty.
I don’t buy that “micro-aid’ is “vital but insufficient’ — I don’t think we have enough history to say
I wonder about whether his ‘intrusive paternalism’ institutions would scale to the size of a country….