Food Aid vs. Development

Worldview ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 20 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 38-41
Author(s):  
Kai Bird ◽  
Sue Goldmark
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Poor Country ◽  
Rich Country ◽  
Food Aid ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Government

The American electorate has acquired an ingrained prejudice against foreign aid. The public suspects that foreign aid is something the government takes from the poor in a rich country and gives to the wealthy in a poor country. This suspicion— like many of America's populist wisdoms—is the tragic truth in one of the world's poorest nations, Bangladesh.Only a pittance of international food aid to Bangladesh feeds the starving or destitute. Even in this bumper crop year an estimated 368,000 babies and young children will die due to malnutrition or related diseases. Food aid generally does not reach the poor; 90 per cent of the 1.6 million tons of foreign food aid shipped to Bangladesh this year was used to subsidize a ration system for the middle class.

Verán ustedes las chozas más humildes. El discurso de pobreza en la diplomacia pública cardenista dirigida a Estados Unidos

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-281
Author(s):  
Sylvia Dümmer Scheel
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Deal ◽  
Public Diplomacy ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Government ◽  
Lazaro Cardenas ◽  
The New Deal

El artículo analiza la diplomacia pública del gobierno de Lázaro Cárdenas centrándose en su opción por publicitar la pobreza nacional en el extranjero, especialmente en Estados Unidos. Se plantea que se trató de una estrategia inédita, que accedió a poner en riesgo el “prestigio nacional” con el fin de justificar ante la opinión pública estadounidense la necesidad de implementar las reformas contenidas en el Plan Sexenal. Aprovechando la inusual empatía hacia los pobres en tiempos del New Deal, se construyó una imagen específica de pobreza que fuera higiénica y redimible. Ésta, sin embargo, no generó consenso entre los mexicanos. This article analyzes the public diplomacy of the government of Lázaro Cárdenas, focusing on the administration’s decision to publicize the nation’s poverty internationally, especially in the United States. This study suggests that this was an unprecedented strategy, putting “national prestige” at risk in order to explain the importance of implementing the reforms contained in the Six Year Plan, in the face of public opinion in the United States. Taking advantage of the increased empathy felt towards the poor during the New Deal, a specific image of hygienic and redeemable poverty was constructed. However, this strategy did not generate agreement among Mexicans.

The Tax Revolt

2021 ◽  
pp. 97-101
Author(s):  
Samuel Cohn
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Political Change ◽  
Fortune 500 ◽  
Welfare Programs ◽  
Short Answer ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Benefits

This chapter looks at state shrinking and tax cutting, describing how political change in capitalism would come to be dominated by a conservative middle class rather than a leftist working class. Why was there going to be a middle-class tax rebellion? The short answer is that most of the taxes under capitalism are paid by two groups: small businesses and rich individuals. Fortune 500 corporations and large banks pay very few taxes; this group can be called monopoly capital because they are entitled, fully legally, to a wide variety of exemptions that they make full use of. Meanwhile, the poor pay very few taxes because they simply do not have the money. Ultimately, small businesses, wealthy individuals, and the middle class are paying a disproportionately large amount of the expenses of the government while receiving a disproportionately small amount of government benefits. This makes those taxpayers resentful of government bureaucrats, welfare programs, and government waste.

scholarly journals How the Rational Basis Test Protects Policing for Profit

2021 ◽  
pp. 839
Author(s):  
William Maurer
Keyword(s):  
Equal Protection ◽  
Rational Basis ◽  
Civil Unrest ◽  
The Public ◽  
For Profit ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Police Shooting ◽  
The Government

Since the police shooting of Michael Brown in 2014 and the civil unrest that followed, numerous lawsuits have challenged laws that use the government’s ability to impose fines and fees for reasons other than the protection of the public. These challenges have usually raised equal protection challenges to these laws—that is, that the laws punish the poor more harshly than others. The challenges have been unsuccessful, largely because courts examine these laws using “rational basis review,” a standard that is highly deferential to the government and one in which the courts themselves are often required to actively advocate for the government’s position. This article explains these challenges, outlines the critiques of rational basis review, and argues that courts should abandon the use of this standard in cases in which punitive sanctions fall more heavily on the poor than others.

Inequality and U.S. Public Opinion on Foreign Aid

World Affairs ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 182 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-295
Author(s):  
Hak-Seon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Public Support ◽  
The United States ◽  
Welfare Programs ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Government ◽  
American Society ◽  
Social Safety Nets

I investigate how the level of inequality affects American public opinion on foreign aid. As the level of inequality increases across the United States, the majority of the public will be more likely to demand the government implement policies that should ameliorate severe inequality in society. Assuming that government resources are limited, a greater level of inequality in American society may weaken public support for foreign aid because the public may prioritize providing social safety nets and welfare programs in domestic milieu over granting foreign aid to developing countries. In addition, as inequality widens, the public may perceive economic globalization as one of the main causes of inequality; thus, their overall support for globalization will decline. As a result, American support for global engagement will be negatively affected, and public support for foreign aid may decrease. An empirical test using public opinion data in 50 U.S. states since the 1980s confirms my theory: widening inequality both across states and within a given state does weaken public support for U.S. foreign aid.

The Poverty Line and the Value of Public Rental Housing Subsidies to the Poor

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Chim Richard Wong
Keyword(s):  
Rental Housing ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Poor People ◽  
The Public ◽  
Housing Subsidies ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Public Rental Housing ◽  
The Government ◽  
Ownership Rights ◽  
Sixtieth Anniversary

There is one very simple and costless way to alleviate poverty in one fell swoop. All one has to do is to transfer full private ownership rights of the public housing units to the occupying tenant free of charge. . … This would, according to the government study, lift 600,000 households in public rental housing above the poverty line. This would have been the best Christmas gift the Poverty Commission could bestow on the poor people in Hong Kong on the eve of the sixtieth anniversary of the Shek Kip Mei Fire.

scholarly journals Offshoring in a Ricardian World

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Rodríguez-Clare
Keyword(s):  
Poor Country ◽  
Rich Country ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Ricardian Model ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Aggregate Effects ◽  
The Rich

This paper proposes a Ricardian model to understand the short-run and long-run aggregate effects of increased fragmentation and offshoring on rich and poor countries. The short-run analysis shows that, when offshoring is sufficiently high, further increases in offshoring benefit the poor country and hurt the rich country. But these effects may be reversed in the long run as countries adjust their research efforts in response to increased offshoring. In particular, in the long run, the rich country always gains from increased offshoring, whereas poor countries see their static gains partially eroded by a decline in their research efforts. (JEL F12, F23, L24, M16)

scholarly journals Penegakan Hukum Terhadap Tindak Pidana Kepabean Penyeludupan Pakaian Bekas (Putusan No. 237/Pid.B/2016/PN.Tjb)

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-165
Author(s):  
Roberto Tambunan ◽  
Suhatrizal Suhatrizal ◽  
Taufik Siregar
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Import Price ◽  
Field Research ◽  
The Other ◽  
Domestic Industry ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The Government

Smuggling is a problem that often occurs in Indonesia, so the smuggling problem must receive the full attention of the government to be immediately addressed. As a national legal product based on the Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution, the form of the Proactive and Anticipatory Customs Law is still very simple, on the other hand it must reach a broader aspect to anticipate the development of trade. The method of this research is Library Research and Field Research. The negative impact of smuggling used clothing is very detrimental to the domestic industry and detrimental to the country's income and economy, but on the other hand there are also positive impacts on the poor that benefit from being able to buy ex-foreign goods from smuggling at low prices and higher quality high. As one of the Government Agencies participating in the effort to eradicate the smuggling of used clothing and the public should not be easily tempted by the import price of used clothing which is cheaper than local clothing, because the level of health is not necessarily guaranteed.

scholarly journals Issues in the Designing of Public Sector Reform

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (4II) ◽  
pp. 299-327
Author(s):  
Nadeem ul Haq
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Civil Service Reform ◽  
Sector Reform ◽  
Management Reform ◽  
Public Sector Management ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Government

“Civil service reform,” which has become the nickname for public sector management reform in the parlance of development economics, has only recently and grudgingly been accepted by those who advise on policy in the poor countries. Even then, the approach is somewhat paternalistic in that it emphasises externally-designed rules and processes for management, organisation, audit and accountability. It recognises the role of people in terms of noting that incentives and employment policies matter but only in terms of right-sizing the government and second to the need to spread budgetary resources over the politically chosen level of employment. What it does not accept is that and the drive to manage the public sector better has to be led and implemented by the domestic talent and in that they must have both the incentive and the honour of doing just that. This paper argues that the main reason that the public sector management has suffered in many of the poor countries is that incentives have been allowed to erode rapidly as public sector employment was viewed politically as a means of providing welfare.

scholarly journals ANALISIS MAȘLAHȂT TERHADAP PRAKTIK PENETAPAN HARGA ECERAN TERTINGGI LPG 3 KG DI PANCA LAUTANG KAB. SIDRAP

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-153
Author(s):  
Nurhasnah Hasyim ◽  
Fikri ◽  
Rusdaya Basri ◽  
Aris
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Retail Price ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Retail Prices ◽  
Distribution Chain ◽  
The Government

This paper examines the maslahah analysis of  practice of determination of the highest price of 3 kg LPG in Panca Lautang, Sidenreng Rappang Regency, consisting of three problems, namely; 1) what is the practice of determination of the highest price of 3 kg LPG in Panca Lautang, Sidenreng Rappang Regency?; 2) how is the effectiveness of Perda No. 12 of 2014 concerning LPG 3 kg in Panca Lautang, Sidenreng Rappang Regency ?; 3) how is the implementation of maslahah values in the practice of setting the highest retail prices of 3 kg LPG in Panca Lautang, Sidenreng Rappang Regency?.This paper uses qualitative research methods. The focus of the study is the determination of the highest price of 3 kg LPG. Location of study in Panca Lautang, Sidenreng Rappang Regency.The results of this study indicate that1) The practice of the determination of the highest price of 3 kg LPG in Panca Lautang, Sidenreng Rappang Regency, was found that Pangkalan still ignored regional regulations, due to several reasons such as transportation costs, capital, and the uncontrolled distribution chain; 2) Effectiveness of Perda No. 12 of 2014 concerning LPG 3 kg in Panca Lautang, Sidenreng Rappang Regency to implement retail prices is considered ineffective even though the Government intends to protect the public from arbitrary prices, and provide guarantees of justice; 3) The implementation of maslahah values in the practice of setting the highest retail price of 3 kg LPG in Panca Lautang, Sidenreng Rappang Regency is legal protection for consumers in setting the highest retail price, fighting for consumers or the poor to get their rights.

The Case for a Progressive Benefits Tax

Taxation ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 147-166
Author(s):  
Barbara H. Fried
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Market Price ◽  
Tax Rates ◽  
Marginal Rate ◽  
The Public ◽  
Rate Structure ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Rich

Libertarians have long argued for a “benefits tax,” which sets tax rates to approximate the shadow market price for the public goods each taxpayer consumes. Libertarians have assumed that because consumption of explicit public goods does not rise as fast as income or wealth, a benefits tax would likely be regressive. That is to say, the rich would pay taxes at a lower marginal rate than the middle class and the poor. Chapter 8 argues that, contrary to the libertarian assumption, a benefits tax could yield almost any rate structure, including a quite progressive one, depending on the definition applied to “public goods” and the structure of the shadow market in which it is imagined polities operate.

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