We Are Not At War (except With

Devaluations Are Never Easy.

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.

It's Not An Accident That The U.s. Ranks Lowest Of All Major Donor Countries In The World - That Is The Share Of Our Income That Goes To Development Aid. Americans Will Ask Whether, Because Were So Generous Privately, That Makes Up The Difference. But It Doesn't. We Still Rank Far Below Other Countries.

All Of The Incessant Debate About Development Assistance, And Whether The Rich Are Doing Enough To Help The Poor, Actually Concerns Less Than 1% Of Rich World Income. The Effort Required Of The Rich Is Indeed So Slight That To Do Less Is To Announce Brazenly To A Large Part Of The World: 'you Count For Nothing.' We Should Not Be Surprised, Then, If In Later Years The Rich Reap The Whirlwind Of That Heartless Response.

The Longer You Wait, The Less Fun. If You Wait Until The Bitter End, The Whole Economy Can Be Destroyed.