>What drives society out of poverty is a mix of reasonably levels of free markets, respect of private property, security, affordable health, low corruption, low

>What drives society out of poverty is a mix of reasonably levels of free markets, respect of private property, security, affordable health, low corruption, low marginal economy, and a stable law system. alecco, I personally fully agree with you. Unfortunately most people do not see that way. People on an average cannot mentally work out the chain of outcomes for a given variable. Thing like respect of private property and free market are way further in the chain than a donation or the overrated 'education'.