The Underlying Tragedy
By David Brooks
Published: January 15, 2010
“The devastation from the earthquake in Haiti should be used as an occasion to rethink our approach to global poverty.”
Excerpt from the NYT: This week, a major earthquake … measuring a magnitude of 7.0, struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Red Cross estimates that between 45,000 and 50,000 people have died.
This is not a natural disaster story. This is a poverty story. Continue to article…