Hazlitt, Henry, “The Cure for Poverty,” in The Conquest of Poverty (Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Foundation for Economic Education, 1996), chap. 20. Originally published by Arlington House, New Rochelle, N.Y., 1973. Reprinted and made available online by the Mises Institute, 2015. [ Chapter 20 of The Conquest of Poverty , 1996. ] The theme of this
Hazlitt, Henry, “The Cure for Poverty,” in The Conquest of Poverty (Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Foundation for Economic Education, 1996), chap. 20. Originally published by Arlington House, New Rochelle, N.Y., 1973. Reprinted and made available online by the Mises Institute, 2015. [ Capítulo 20 de The Conquest of Poverty . ] El tema de este
One would get the impression, reading most of the discussions in today’s American newspapers and magazines, that no one had ever thought of doing anything for the poor until Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal in the 1930’s, or even until President Johnson’s “war on poverty” in the 1960’s. Yet private charity is as old as mankind; and the history of
From the beginning of history, sincere reformers as well as demagogues have sought to abolish or at least to alleviate poverty through state action. In most cases their proposed remedies have only served to make the problem worse. The most frequent and popular of these proposed remedies has been the simple one of seizing from the rich to give to
[ Capítulo 20 de The Conquest of Poverty . ] El tema de este libro es la conquista de la pobreza, no su “abolición”. La pobreza puede ser aliviada o reducida, y en el mundo occidental en los últimos doscientos años ha sido casi milagrosamente aliviada y reducida; pero la pobreza es en última instancia individual, y la pobreza individual no puede
Uno tendría la impresión, leyendo la mayoría de las discusiones en los periódicos y revistas estadounidenses de hoy, que nadie había pensado en hacer nada por los pobres hasta el New Deal de Franklin Roosevelt en la década de 1930, o incluso hasta la «guerra contra la pobreza» del presidente Johnson en Estados Unidos en los años sesenta. Sin
Desde el inicio de la historia, tanto reformistas sinceros como demagogos han buscado eliminar o al menos aliviar la pobreza a través de la acción del estado. En la mayoría de los casos, los remedios propuestos sólo sirvieron para empeorar el problema. El más frecuente y popular de estos remedios propuestos ha sido el sencillo de quitar a los
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