Dead Aid

[selfishgene]

Development aid does more harm than good in Africa, says Zambian economist and author Dambisa Moyo, so we should stop it. She has the ear of at least one African president, Paul Kagame of Rwanda. 'Why should Bono be the one to determine economic policy in Africa?

Comments

[pasquin]

Giving money to third-world dictators, bad? No.

Next you'll be saying paying off gangtas will only lead to more drugs and violence instead of Jeffersonian democracy.

[whythawk]

Why? Without the fantastic charity and support from the Martians, how would the US ever have become so wealthy?