“The dominant orthodoxy in development economics was that Third World countries were trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty that could be broken only by massive foreign aid from the more prosperous industrial nations of the world. This was in keeping with a more general vision on the Left that people were essentially divided into three categories - the heartless, the helpless, and wonderful people like themselves, who would rescue the helpless by playing Lady Bountiful with the taxpayers' money.” PeopleWorldHeartCountryThreeLeftNationsVisionPovertyWonderfulBrokenDevelopmentEconomicsThirdsAidsCyclesMassiveCategoriesDividedTrappedRescueHelplessDominantViciousProsperousTaxpayersOrthodoxyThird WorldHeartlessThird World CountriesForeign AidVicious CyclesCycle Of Poverty Book:Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays Source: Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays
“A two-parent family based on love and commitment can be a wonderful thing, but historically speaking the "two-parent paradigm" has left an extraordinary amount of room for economic inequality, violence and male dominance.” TwoLeftParentRoomsViolenceWonderfulEconomicAmountCommitmentExtraordinaryMalesInequalityWonderful ThingsParadigmDominanceEconomic InequalityMale DominanceLove And Commitment Author:Stephanie Coontz