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Village near coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, lies in ruins after Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004 (U.S. Navy)

Not everything (worth addressing) is a crisis

Julia Nelson

There is a tremendous moral hazard inherent in using crisis language to describe problems that are more chronic in nature.

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14Apr2025
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Grassroots work is key to upward mobility, not policy papers

Julia Nelson

Donors should know that any “answer” to poverty that takes the form of a paper or policy summit—even with the occasional overcoming-poverty anecdote thrown in for inspiration—is at best several degrees removed from making life better for the poor.

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18Sep2023

Further thoughts on poverty, the poor, and how to help

Fred Smith

Solutions to fix the “problem.”

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12Sep2023

Place and poverty

William A. Schambra

Remembering Cordelia Taylor and her community.

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7Sep2023
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