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Michael Maren

Review Essay
Jan/Feb
1997
Charity on the Rampage: The Business of Foreign Aid
David Rieff

Aid organizations today are businesses as interested in market share as the Fortune 500, Michael Maren claims in The Road to Hell. Maren's book oversimplifies as it enlightens. Modern humanitarianism is still the best tool for saving lives.
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In the Magazine

November/December 2009 / 6, 88
Essay
In the Quicksands of Somalia
Bronwyn Bruton

Washington's repeated attempts to bring peace to Somalia with state-building initiatives have failed, even backfired. It should renounce political intervention and encourage local development without trying to improve governance.
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