You need to produce wealth before you consume wealth, at least on the scale of a country. Only after there is enough wealth available (in form of schools, hosp

You need to produce wealth before you consume wealth, at least on the scale of a country. Only after there is enough wealth available (in form of schools, hospitals, infrastructure, social security system, businesses, know-how, reliable supply chains, etc.) you can jump the poverty barrier by borrowing wealth, through the credit money-creation system. But the prerequisite is a healthy economy.