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You may be thinking of this example: http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1987628,00.html http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1987628

by kedean 11y ago

You may be thinking of this example: http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1987628,00.html http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1987628,00... TLDR; sending a surplus of tshirts to Africa did nothing but crash local textile industries by introducing a surplus of existing, cheap product. Guy wanted to do good, didn't think about the consequences, and screwed up.

Jtsummers 11y ago
That was exactly the example that was in my mind, but I didn't have time when posting to look it up. Thanks.
djrogers 11y ago
Except you clearly haven't read the article - he didn't send the shirts, he listened to the aid workers and criticism over his plan and decided against it. The local textile crashes referred to in the economy were from cheap second hand imports, not aid.