Extreme Poverty Is The Best Breeding Ground

America's Government Is Not Even Aware Of The Gap Between Its Commitments And Action, Because Almost Nobody In Authority Understands The Actions That Would Be Needed To Meet The Commitments.

The Russian Drama Began At The End Of 1991, When The Soviet Union Mercifully Ended. Russia And 14 Other New Countries Emerged From The Ruins Of The Soviet Union. Every One Of Those 15 New States Faced A Profound Historical, Economic, Financial, Social And Political Challenge.

White House And State Department Foreign-policy Experts Are Overwhelmingly Directed Towards Military And Diplomatic Issues, Not Development Issues.

Every Morning Our Newspapers Could Read, 'more Than 20,000 People Perished Yesterday Of Extreme Poverty.' How? The Poor Die In Hospital Wards That Lack Drugs, In Villages That Lack Antimalarial Bed Nets, In Houses That Lack Safe Drinking Water. They Die Namelessly, Without Public Comment. Sadly, Sad Stories Rarely Get Written.

The Truth Of Good Economic Doctoring Is To Know The General Principles, And To Really Know The Specifics. To Understand The Context, And Also, To Understand That An Economy May Need Some Tender Loving Care, Not Just The So-called Hard Truths, If It's Going To Get By.