• Adam Smith Institute on The Causes of Poverty

    by  • March 24, 2008 • 1 Comment

    61. “It is important for us to understand the causes of poverty.” No. There are no causes of poverty. It is the rest state, that which happens when you don’t do anything. If you want to experience poverty, just do nothing and it will come. To ask what causes poverty is like asking what causes [...]

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    Fixing the root causes of war?

    by  • March 17, 2008 • 0 Comments

    Frans de Waal stands in a watchtower at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center north of Atlanta, talking about war. As three hulking male chimpanzees and a dozen females loll below him, the renowned primatologist rejects the idea that war stems from “some sort of blind aggressive drive.” Observations of lethal fighting among chimpanzees, our [...]

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