Maya Forstater

e) Like @MForstater, I am dismayed and horrified that Labour omits the major benefits of immigration. (and i fear this reinforces, rather than challenges, the nasty xenophobia in our country)https://twitter.com/_alice_evans/status/978258538102493184 …

Hi Alice. Thanks for the thread. I don't think i have created a straw man. I read A World for the Many Not the Few, and took what it said in good in good faith and tried to work out what it meant. (1/...)

The proposal is to have a new legal requirement that all aid should be aimed at reducing national inequality as well as reducing poverty. It says that the way this will be addressed is the Palma ratio. And there should be a reduced emphasis on economic growth. (3/...)

A change in the legal framework for aid is a big deal. I don't think its a straw man to suggest that civil servants will respond (and that by design they would be expected to respond). (4/...)

As @jonathanglennie 's car race shows the difference between poverty reduction and reducing inequality is to focus attention on those w higher incomes not streaking ahead. Palma looks at the top 10% Otherwise could stick w poverty reduction objective & call for greater focus. (5/

More broadly it suggests a zero-sum view of development, and an overoptimistic vision of the potential for internal redistribution to deliver prosperity in countries where almost everyone is poor by global standards (7..)