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For whoever is genuinely interested in helping the poor, it may be less useful to explore the causes of poverty, and instead analyse what causes wealth. It seems reasonable to me to assume that poverty, not wealth, is the baseline condition of life. So poverty needs very little explanation; it is more of a default…

If some people do not succeed in school, or do not progress in the workplace, it is a mistake to immediately assume that this is society’s fault. If some children have a more privileged upbringing than others, it is entirely possible that this is due to the choices of their respective parents as opposed to…