As we will show, poor countries are poor because those who…

“...poor countries are poor because those who have power make choices that create poverty. They get it wrong not by mistake or ignorance but…

— Anonymous

“Whether it is North Korea, Sierra Leone, or Zimbabwe, well show that poor countries are poor for the same reason that Egypt is poor.…

— Daron Acemoğlu

More paper money cannot make a society richer, of course, it is just more printed-paper. Otherwise why is it that there are still poor…

— Hans-Hermann Hoppe

“The basic reason why poor countries are poor is that they lack the technological capital that rich countries have, which makes output per worker…

— Arthur R. Kroeber

The great question for our time is, how to make sure that the continuing scientific revolution brings benefits to everybody rather than widening the…

— Freeman Dyson

We in the West must bear in mind that the poor countries are poor primarily because we have exploited them through political or economic…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

In a system of free trade and free markets poor countries - and poor people - are not poor because others are rich. Indeed,…

— Margaret Thatcher

Poor countries are poor because they are wasting their resources,

— Iqbal Quadir

“poor countries are poor not because they lack resources, but because they lack effective political institutions.”

— Anonymous

Simply put, unsustainable debt is helping to keep too many poor countries and poor people in poverty.

— William J. Clinton

One of the most abused country on earth is Mexico. The marketing spills over the border, and people are persuaded to eat food that's…

— Raj Patel

“The geography hypothesis claims that the great divide between rich and poor countries is created by geographical differences. Many poor countries, such as those…

— Daron Acemoğlu

The poor themselves can create a poverty-free world. All we have to do is to free them from the chains that we have put…

— Muhammad Yunus

Poverty does not create our social problems...our social problems create our poverty.

— Marco Rubio

I have come to believe, deeply and firmly, that we can create a poverty free world if we want to. I came to this…

— Muhammad Yunus