Large scale redistribution?
How about Cuba.
A country with the very low literacy rates, high pubic health standards and
no people living below the absolute poverty line. This despite large scale
economic bloccade by the west, hampering Cuba's economic growth.
Doekle Wielinga
At 08:05 PM 9/12/00 -0400, you wrote:
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>Shouldn't we be pragmatic about this poverty alleviation via redistribution
>question? When has there been successful large scale redistribution? We have
>had successful economic growth raising people out of poverty. So growth is
the
>pragmatic best hope of the poor to escape from poverty.
>
>William Easterly
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