@pdsegal @andypsumner i'm curious to hear what you both think of this.
The Labour party suggests our aid should aim to reduce income inequality in emerging economies.
This post - by @MForstater - suggests reasons for caution https://www.cgdev.org/blog/will-uk-labour-partys-big-idea-inequality-target-help-or-hinder-development …
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Not trying to misrepresent anyone/ anything. Agree car race is a limited model -an intro to explain basic difference between poverty reduction & inequality reduction as concepts
@jonathanglennie
My piece was responding to the green paper's specific proposals: legal requirement for all aid to reduce national inequality, & Palma as metric & target. i.e. Are these good ideas? Also pointing out that conflating elites/oligarchs w ppl on $20/day is not a good idea.