scott <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:
> > * Wealthy people give poor people mosquito nets
> > * The poor people sell the nets for food
> > * The now-flooded mosquito-net market collapses
> > * The indigenous mosquito-net craftsmen disappear

> One could argue that overall for society it's better to have cheaper 
> mosquito nets (more people will be able to afford them and disease is 
> then probably lower).

The real-life example is clothing.

Rich countries are dumping free clothing by the ton to poor countries,
especially in Africa. Some *African* sociologists are pleading the rich
countries to stop that because they are killing the local textile economy
with it. There are actually many wealthy people there who don't buy any
clothes because they just can go and get it for free. There's an
overabundance of it.

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                                                          - Warp

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