Do the Rich Help the Poor?: Jacob G. Hornberger, October 2000 ... Ultimately, if the redistributive policies are continued, the golden goose is killed and everyone, rich and poor alike, ends up living a life of impoverishment. Again, this is what happened in Cuba, East Germany, and other communist countries.
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That being said, Bill Gates has a plan to help the poor called Creative Capitalism that could reverse the ever-widening gap between the world's rich and poor. However how many rich CEO's are of a like mind with Gates?
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The Poorest Get Poorer ... Bill Gates has long been admired and listened to because of his great wealth; his ability to build one of the most successful companies ever, Microsoft (MSFT); ... Most of the rest goes to improving agriculture in Third World nations and to improving education for poor people in the U.S.
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As long as we are a consumerist and capitalist nation, there will always be a poorer level of society. It's just the definition of capitalism; there will be a spectrum of distribution of money, which means there will be some "have nots...
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It targeted the unbanked poor -- "the watchmen, tomato sellers and small-scale farmers" whom Mwangi lists as typical customers -- with cheap savings accounts and microloans backed by unusual guarantees. The strategy has proved remarkably successful.
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Homegrown Kenyan lender draws in lowest earning customers shunned for decades by multinationals ... Cash transfers by text ... It targeted the unbanked poor - "the watchmen, tomato sellers and small-scale farmers" whom Mwangi lists as typical customers - with cheap savings accounts and microloans backed by unusual guarantees.
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/02/equity-bank-kenya-... www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/02/equity-bank-kenya-james-mwangi
The International Foundation for Science (IFS), an independent NGO helping young scientists from developing countries, and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have ......
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Getting Rich Helping the Poor ... Nicholas Kristof has a soft spot for people who want to get rich while helping the poor. He devoted his column to the question of whether people running charities should be very highly paid.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Small European nations led by the Netherlands do more than major industrial economies like the United States when it comes to helping poor countries, ... The index, developed by the Washington-based Center for Global Development, ranks 22 rich countries based on how their policies on aid,
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Three million customers and still counting: the bank getting rich by helping the poor; Homegrown lender draws in customers shunned for decades by multinationals; Xan Rice in Nairobi; The Guardian, Friday 2 January 2009 larger | smaller;
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