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Re: Burma (Myanmar) Cyclone and neo-liberal economics
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Originally Posted by Andrewl
If you read the OP we are not discussing individual aid, we are discussing aid in the form of loans - more specifically, the trend towards tying aid to economic and political reform even though it has failed in every case in the past. Even more to the point, there is a growing tendency to try to push these aid/loan packages through when people have been the victims of great tragedy and shock.
Andrew
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You need to realize that people and governments (especially quasi-governments like the UN) always act in their own best interests. Altruism is a fallacy. It does not exist. Welcome to the real world.
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