That's what high-priced fancy lawyers are for!As long as you are not required to personally guarantee the return of the OPM.
That's what high-priced fancy lawyers are for!As long as you are not required to personally guarantee the return of the OPM.
While that might be true in theory, the problem lies in actually getting all the money into their hands. Mas facil dicho que hecho!"In a country where 59% of the population lives on less than $2.41 per day, the (redacted) could have simply given Haitians the money. Studies have shown that such “unconditional cash transfers” can be a more effective way to increase income and access to education and housing than many types of traditional “project-based” aid. But policies like cash transfers would have undermined the approach to aid in which rich countries simply prescribe “solutions” for poor ones, rather than allowing people to take their futures into their own hands.
I remember the first time that I saw that phrase - on a post card, actually - and it honestly took me a long time to wrap my brain around the fact that it was, in fact, a founding maxim of capitalism! It is tested to its absolute limits in Haiti where such a large majority of the population in the cities, primarily, wake up in the morning without knowing where their evening meal is coming from. I suppose it is the case in more countries in the world than we know of.. I think Haiti (and now Venezuela) is the only one in this hemisphere. There is a point at which Capitalism fails...Of course Haitians are hard working! Except for the idle rich, is there any group that isn't? Like the old saying goes:
"If you want a rich person to work harder - pay him more.
If you want a poor person to work harder - pay him less!
I don't think it is a "founding maxim of capitalism", but rather an unfortunate consequence. Capitalism is far from perfect. Like Churchill said: "Capitalism is the worst economic system - except for all the others". Also:I remember the first time that I saw that phrase - on a post card, actually - and it honestly took me a long time to wrap my brain around the fact that it was, in fact, a founding maxim of capitalism! It is tested to its absolute limits in Haiti where such a large majority of the population in the cities, primarily, wake up in the morning without knowing where their evening meal is coming from. I suppose it is the case in more countries in the world than we know of.. I think Haiti (and now Venezuela) is the only one in this hemisphere. There is a point at which Capitalism fails...
And then the Spikes come out... And the cries of "hang the rich" -- as is now happening over there...
"Qu'on mange du gateau"
Pop psychology bullLike the old saying goes:
"If you want a rich person to work harder - pay him more.
If you want a poor person to work harder - pay him less!
Economic slavery‼️It is tested to its absolute limits in Haiti where such a large majority of the population in the cities, primarily, wake up in the morning without knowing where their evening meal is coming from. I suppose it is the case in more countries in the world than we know of.. I think Haiti (and now Venezuela) is the only one in this hemisphere.
THAT is a MOST EXCELLENT article! I had never read anything by this journalist https://jacobkushner.com/about/. - and could quibble with some of his statements but to summarize, as he did, so many years of Haitian history into a short piece is very difficult and he did a terrific job. Indeed,the failure of ALL the international aid to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake ought to have resulted in every single aid organization simply leaving in shame. The basic problem is that it is very hard to write a decent grant proposal to qualify for aid - from ANY government - and no matter which government - the award money will go to its own nationals and companies.. I do recommend everyone to read at least these two books -"In a country where 59% of the population lives on less than $2.41 per day, the (redacted) could have simply given Haitians the money. Studies have shown that such “unconditional cash transfers” can be a more effective way to increase income and access to education and housing than many types of traditional “project-based” aid. But policies like cash transfers would have undermined the approach to aid in which rich countries simply prescribe “solutions” for poor ones, rather than allowing people to take their futures into their own hands.
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Haiti and the failed promise of US aid
The long read: After an earthquake struck in 2010, the US pledged to help rebuild the Caribbean country. A decade later, nothing better symbolises the failure of these efforts than the story of a new port that was promised, but never builtwww.theguardian.com
"And if you want to stay rich, create a program with OPM that allows you to take advantage of the less fortunate economically" - unknown economic imperialist.
Of course not. Paying a burger-flipper at McDonalds more will not make him worker harder. You're missing the point."A wealth of psychology research suggests that there's little causal relationship, if any, between how much you pay someone and how hard they work."
Pop psychology bullthat looks good on a post card but does not hold up when examined with academic rigor.
"In a country where 59% of the population lives on less than $2.41 per day, the (redacted) could have simply given Haitians the money. Studies have shown that such “unconditional cash transfers” can be a more effective way to increase income and access to education and housing than many types of traditional “project-based” aid. But policies like cash transfers would have undermined the approach to aid in which rich countries simply prescribe “solutions” for poor ones, rather than allowing people to take their futures into their own hands.
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Haiti and the failed promise of US aid
The long read: After an earthquake struck in 2010, the US pledged to help rebuild the Caribbean country. A decade later, nothing better symbolises the failure of these efforts than the story of a new port that was promised, but never builtwww.theguardian.com
"And if you want to stay rich, create a program with OPM that allows you to take advantage of the less fortunate economically" - unknown economic imperialist.
Maybe I am...Of course not. Paying a burger-flipper at McDonalds more will not make him worker harder. You're missing the point.
..."Many of Haiti’s orphanages use deception to recruit children from unknowing and impoverished parents - a form of trafficking - and use those children to attract donations, said the report released on Thursday by the London-based charity Lumos.
the dateline on this story is 2017 - so - sadly - it is not "old news" - well - it is in the sense that it has been going on for a long time and has been well known for a long time....
Where ❓Don't buy that. Cash transfers create dependency.
I defer to your expertise in this area.Education in Haiti sucks. They don't teach you anything except a bunch of useless facts. No critical thinking. No analyses.
I was there for 5 years. I saw it first hand.Where ❓
In Haiti❓
Got anything to back that statement up or is it just your opinion❓
Cause I can quote you write ups about Universal Income experiments that have worked and did not create dependency when they were stopped.
I defer to your expertise in this area.
Nan - I am pretty sure that you were among the Good Guys - and I have it on the authority of a friend who was one of the last Peace Corps workers in Haiti - when the Peace Corps pulled out in 2005 - that without the Christian missionaries she believed that Haiti would essentially collapse.Never saw that. I did see us having to turn away kids. I heard of other church orphanages not having enough room too.