Promote philanthropy not aid to help the world's poor

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Promote philanthropy not aid to help the world’s poor

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In the Media | Trade, Development, and Immigration

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A cut in housing benefit will cause a much-needed adjustment in rent levels

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Philip Booth writes for the Catholic Times

IEA Editorial and Programme Director Professor Philip Booth writes for the Catholic Times on the relative effectiveness of philanthropy over foreign aid.

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Promote philanthropy not aid to help the world’s poor

SUGGESTED

Let us make the teachers entrepreneurs

A cut in housing benefit will cause a much-needed adjustment in rent levels

Never forgetting the absurdities of fascism

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