http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/18544/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/correcting-record/dear-la-times-foreign-aid-holds-developing-nations-back <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/donald-j-boudreaux-phd">Donald J. Boudreaux, Ph.D.</a> </div> </div> </div> <h3 >Editor, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:city></st1:place> Times</h3> <h3 >Dear Editor:</h3> <h3 >In "<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-ghana15-2009jul15,0,5635058.story" />American aid to <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place></a>" (July 15) you presume that money given by governments of rich western nations to governments of poor African nations is necessary if the economies of these African nations are to develop.</h3> <h3 >Although as widespread as grass on the savannah, this presumption is preposterous.</h3><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/correcting-record/dear-la-times-foreign-aid-holds-developing-nations-back" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Correcting the Record MRC Business developingnations DonBoudreaux foreignaid LosAngelesTimes Poverty williameasterly Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:11:01 +0000 admin 30050 at http://archive2.mrc.org