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Poverty

Private or Public? Exploring USAID's Efforts to Help the Poor

| March 25, 2013 | Poverty

Having been recently convicted by Brian Fikkert’s comprehensive approach to poverty alleviation, I sat in on an event at AEI keynoted by Rajiv Shah, the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). I was interested to see how the...
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Tyler Castle
Tyler Castle is the director of AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. He is a graduate of Westmont College and a former John Jay Institute Fellow.

How to Help Without Hurting

| March 15, 2013 | Poverty

Have you ever delivered turkeys to low-income households before Thanksgiving? I have. Did you know that such acts usually do more harm than good? I didn’t, until now. On March 9, 2013, Dr. Brian Fikkert, professor at Covenant College and executive director of...
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Tyler Castle
Tyler Castle is the director of AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. He is a graduate of Westmont College and a former John Jay Institute Fellow.

Back to Basics: Poverty and Scarcity

| January 31, 2013 | Poverty

As much as I’ve brainstormed and tried to come up with new analogies and arguments for values and well, capitalism, I keep coming back to foundational questions. It’s a new year, which is always a good time to go back to basics. Last December I wrote about...
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Jacqueline Isaacs
Jacqueline Isaacs is the Director of Strategy for Bellwether Communications, where she crafts content strategies for thought leaders.