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I've read this before. I supposed I just have a hard time with the idea that doing harmful things is long-term beneficial.

• berntb 15y ago
  >>I just have a hard time with the idea that doing harmful things is long-term beneficial. I come from a protestant culture; we have problems believing that fun things can be beneficial. :-) Krugman argued -- many of those things aren't harmful, given the situation the local people are in. Instead of complaining about something that will be fixed automatically given good governance, work for good governance... Another of my standard links: http://reason.com/archives/2006/03/01/why-poor-countries-are-poor http://reason.com/archives/2006/03/01/why-poor-countries-are... (Me? I am doing good by educating activists about the real problems. :-) )