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Sunday, May 22, 2005
The Lords of Poverty
Deepak Lal writes in Business Standard:
This isn't rhetoric; Lal explains, in his column, exactly how the policies of the left, that sound so compassionate on paper, end up harming the poor and exacerbating poverty. Read the full thing.
(Link via an excellent post by Naveen Mandava on how economic nationalism is actually counter-productive to the cause its practitioners espouse.)
The Soft Left has always claimed the moral high ground and tugged at our heartstrings by claiming to speak in the name of the poor and the oppressed. But this is mere rhetoric and as innumerable examples show, not least the recent policies espoused in the Common Minimum Programme in India, in the policies they advocate they are the enemies of the poor. Alleviating poverty has become a worldwide business from which these Lords of Poverty derive a profitable living. In the interests of the world’s poor, it is time we said “Boo” to them and pensioned them off.
This isn't rhetoric; Lal explains, in his column, exactly how the policies of the left, that sound so compassionate on paper, end up harming the poor and exacerbating poverty. Read the full thing.
(Link via an excellent post by Naveen Mandava on how economic nationalism is actually counter-productive to the cause its practitioners espouse.)
