October 10
GUEST: Seth Donnelly, educator, activist with the Haiti Action Committee, and author of the recently published book, The Lie of Global Prosperity: How Neoliberals Distort Data to Mask Poverty and Exploitation, talks about how rich countries rob the poor of the world.The Lie of Global Prosperity - Monthly Review
Seth Donnelly is a busy man. He teaches at a local high school. He takes his students to places like Haiti for a look at poverty in the Third World. He researches and writes a book on global poverty and exploitation. In short, he is the Social Studies teacher that I wish I had. Maybe learning about US foreign policy would have saved me from being drafted in 1967.
His book explodes a lot of theories we have accepted without much question. Is the IMF trying to reduce poverty? Are the big banks criminal entities when it comes to Third World dept. Treat yourself to Donnelly's essays and book. This is really the free expression of ideas, especially when it comes to the hidden costs of empire.
