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A similar effect happens post-disasters where of course people with nothing need a lot of free stuff (namely food). But after the hurricane is gone your free st
by lesuorac 3y ago
A similar effect happens post-disasters where of course people with nothing need a lot of free stuff (namely food). But after the hurricane is gone your free stuff is just pricing out the local economy.
i.e. USA buys a bunch of USA rice and gives it to X country for free which means X countries' farmers cannot actually sell their rice and it hampers economic recovery.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoThe ideal situation is to (a) send non-free stuff and (b) send money so people can buy said stuff. So (a) is more about logistics (do we have stuff to buy) but (b) can be abused (money is siphoned off by corruption and can't be used to buy a.).
- autoexec 3y agoHow would people with nothing buy rice from local farmers anyway? As long as the US sends only enough rice for people to be fed until they are back on their feet there shouldn't be a problem, since there won't be piles and piles of free rice floating around once the disaster has passed and people are again able to afford to pay local farmers.