“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
“Things don't make you unhappy. People don't make you unhappy. You make yourself unhappy. Because you are in the cycle. You're stuck. You're stuck in time.” PeopleInspirationalIgnoranceBuddhismStuckUnhappyCyclesHappy PeopleUnhappy People Author:Frederick Lenz