Money is a Terrible Measure of Wealth (Why Bill Gates’ #StopTheMyth Campaign is Misguided, Part 2)
Posted in Healthy Food & Agriculture, Politics on March 28th, 2014 by dhawkinsmo
Bill Gates says the world is getting better. I disagree. See Part 1 for a discussion on that. Yes, the people on the deck of this “Titanic” (our world) have dressed up in fine new clothes. The music they play is more beautiful perhaps. But they are on the Titanic. The ship is sinking and Bill doesn’t even know it. That’s sad. Let’s continue in his letter found HERE …
Bill’s Myth #1: Poor Countries are Doomed to Stay Poor.
(Pic above is me and my “poor” family in front of our cool grass hut in about 1971)
And Bill goes on to illustrate why he thinks this is a myth. His argument is …
(1) look at all these dirty cities of days gone by … and look how pretty they are now, and
(2) look how little per capita income these “third world” countries used to have and look at them now. Read more »