Episode 12: The Problem (Part 2)

Today’s episode is part two of our three part mini-series on the problem, and this one is all about the foundational roots - which find themselves in paternalism and on the back of WWII.

We talk about Poverty Inc, the Haitian rice market, TOMS shoes, and aid as a new form of colonialism, and conclude that with more aid comes less independence, which in turn creates dependency issues that fuels the $153 billion per year global aid and development industry. 

At the end of the day, we cannot reduce the poor to objects of philanthropic fulfillment for ourselves. Our wealth, or most often simply where we were born, has not qualified us to decide what is best for those who have less than we do.