No one raises fundamental moral questions about the nature of unfettered market capitalism, private property, or the common good. At best we hear a plea for an amorphous middle class, while the poor simply fade from view.
Along these lines, I've been trying to relate the $700 billion our Congress just tossed to the Treasury Dept. to the cost of implementing the Millenium Development Goals.
According to one World Bank estimate [pdf] it looks as though the costs of doing the MDGs would be somewhat similar. But good cost estimates seem hard to find, perhaps reflecting the status of the MDGs as a sympathetic gesture, rather than a plan.
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Along these lines, I've been trying to relate the $700 billion our Congress just tossed to the Treasury Dept. to the cost of implementing the Millenium Development Goals.
According to one World Bank estimate [pdf] it looks as though the costs of doing the MDGs would be somewhat similar. But good cost estimates seem hard to find, perhaps reflecting the status of the MDGs as a sympathetic gesture, rather than a plan.
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