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“It is beginning to dawn on the world of compassion that the root causes of poverty can be addressed effectively only through development, not through one-way giving.”

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Book:Charity Detox: What Charity Would Look Like If We Cared About Results

Source: Charity Detox: What Charity Would Look Like If We Cared About Results

“I have begun to publicly declare that the only thing that will enable the poor to emerge from poverty is a decent job. And the primary creators of decent jobs are businesspeople who believe deeply in the free-enterprise system.”

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Book:Charity Detox: What Charity Would Look Like If We Cared About Results

Source: Charity Detox: What Charity Would Look Like If We Cared About Results

“But in spite of its bent toward self-interest, even with its excesses and inequalities, capitalism has a historic opportunity to create shared wealth that can benefit every person on the globe. I am convinced that our best hope for moving the poverty needle toward financial wellness once and for all lies with the best practices of the free market.”

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Author:Robert D. Lupton

“Helping strategies, if indeed they are to be ultimately helpful, demand careful examination of long-term implications. There is no guarantee that unexamined charity will have a redemptive outcome simply because it ‘seems right’ or feels good to the giver.”

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Book:Charity Detox: What Charity Would Look Like If We Cared About Results

Source: Charity Detox: What Charity Would Look Like If We Cared About Results