tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851578678715572028.post1639136587873947998..comments2023-08-10T11:52:29.460-04:00Comments on Beyond Bread: Weekly Roundup: What's New for You?Greg Bloomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08563081048614579716noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851578678715572028.post-58898062017785152008-10-03T19:44:00.000-04:002008-10-03T19:44:00.000-04:00I've seen the film, "The End of Poverty?" and I th...I've seen the film, "The End of Poverty?" and I think you might find it provides a very different understanding of why so many people in the world are poor. There are links to more information about the film at http://www.progressandpoverty.org/<BR/><BR/>You might take a look at the world wealth distribution data reported in 3 consecutive posts on my blog at http://lvtfan.typepad.com/, and then consider the natural resources each part of the world has, and then the poverty which the people of many countries must deal with.<BR/><BR/>While I applaud the spirit behind the MDG and Last Billion and Jeffrey Sachs' work, I am persuaded that until we understand the structural issues that create the poverty machine, we're all going to be cogs in it. Once you see the structure of the machine, you won't see poverty the same way ever again. <BR/><BR/>You might explore http://www.wealthandwant.com/ and http://www.answersanswers.com/ for more about how we might go about ending poverty -- tearing it out by the roots, not trimming its leaves and branchlets.<BR/><BR/>I'll be interested in hearing your comments about "The End of Poverty?"LVTfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17172522529549663162noreply@blogger.com