The misconception that aid falls straight into the hands of dictators largely stems from the Cold War era.
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Intervention continues to be a prominent dimension of the post-cold war world.
During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
The key lesson of the 1930s is that appeasement leads directly to war.
The Cold War went on for so long that it bred a kind of worldwide military establishment. Even when budgets went down in the early and mid-nineties, it didn't really affect it.
History reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis.
Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed.
Corruption is one of the most common reasons I hear in views that criticize aid.
Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people.
People nowadays don't know about the Cold War and the U.S.'s old rivalry with the U.S.S.R.
If... many influential people have failed to understand, or have just forgotten, what we were up against in the Cold War and how we overcame it, they are not going to be capable of securing, let alone enlarging, the gains that liberty has made.
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