Let the charity competition commence - Analysis - Times Online

Let the charity competition commence - Analysis - Times Online: "dmirable as its motivation might be at the individual level, was really a sign of a corrupt society. The economy had to operate unjustly for there to be so many destitute people who had to depend on charity in the first place.

Were he alive today, Blake would stand with those who blame the state of much of Africa on the way the global economy works and shout for reform rather than aid. He might dismiss Tony Blair’s Commission for Africa as official hand-wringing. But he would surely still see goodness in the vast sums that Microsoft’s Bill Gates, who is reckoned the world’s richest private citizen, is giving away there."

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