Thinking Small

Daniel Immerwahr tells how the United States sought to rescue the world from poverty through small-scale, community-based approaches. He also sounds a warning: such strategies, now again in vogue, have been tried before, alongside grander moderization schemes with often disastrous consequences as self-help gave way to crushing local oppression.

Daniel Immerwahr povesteste cum Statele Unite au cautat sa salveze lumea din saracie prin abordari la scara mica, bazate pe comunitate. El suna, de asemenea, un avertisment: astfel de strategii, acum din nou la moda, au fost incercate inainte, alaturi de scheme mai mari de moderare, cu consecinte deseori dezastruoase, deoarece auto-ajutorarea a dat loc opresiunii locale zdrobitoare.