21. The Fallacy of Foreign Aid

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CHAPTER 21

The Fallacy of Foreign Aid

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THE ADVOCATES OF FOREIGN AID BELIEVE THAT IT helps not only the country that gets it but the country that gives it. They believe, therefore, that it promotes worldwide “economic growth.” They are mistaken in these assumptions.

22. Government Unlimited

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CHAPTER 22

Government Unlimited

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23. From Spencer’s 1884 to Orwell’s 1984

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CHAPTER 23

From Spencer’s 1884 to Orwell’s 1984

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24. The Task Confronting Libertarians

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CHAPTER 24

The Task Confronting Libertarians

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25. What We Can Do About It

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CHAPTER 25

What We Can Do About It

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Index

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Index

Agriculture, Department of, 39, 182, 201

Aid, foreign. See Foreign aid (economic)

American Economic Foundation, 205

American Farm Bureau Federation, 174

American Institute for Economic Research, 205

American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 203

Anderson, Professor Martin, 192, 203

Annalist, The, 85

Antitrust laws, 47, 207

Artisans’ Dwellings Acts, 192

Austerity programs, 118-120

Backcover

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Will Dollars Save the World?

Will Dollars Save the World?

Title Page

WILL
DOLLARS
SAVE
THE WORLD?

BY HENRY HAZLITT

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D. APPLETON-CENTURY COMPANY, INC.

New YorkLondon

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

THE AUTHOR wishes to thank Newsweek and Plain Talk for permission to reprint here some passages from his own writing that originally appeared in their pages. He is also indebted to the National City Bank of New York and Prentice-Hall, Inc. for statistical tables which appear here as appendices. Those who have helped him with their suggestions and comments are unfortunately too numerous to mention.