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The Politics of Combating Global Poverty

Listen Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. in Politics, Society

Policymakers in the "developed" world have never been reluctant to dole out advice and dollars to developing countries struggling to pull themselves out of poverty. But critics say their advice -- cutting tariffs, privatizing industries, opening up to global competition -- offers a flawed take on how rich countries accumulated their wealth. We consider the critiques and whether it's time for a new strategy for reducing global inequalities.

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Guests

Ha-Joon Chang

Economics Professor, University of Cambridge (UK); and author of "Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism" (Bloomsbury Press)

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