"scott"  wrote in message news:51fbab51$1@news.povray.org...

> And then, now that everyone has clothes, who says another market won't 
> open up or grow that would generate even more money than the textile 
> industry did? I'm not saying that will certainly happen, but it's a bit 
> short-sighted to not consider that possibility.

It might. The question is whether we, the relatively powerful, should stomp 
mud holes in fragile economies. Examine the track record and come to your 
own conclusions, but don't off-handedly reject the premise of the original 
post: Throwing free stuff into markets can and has caused suffering, and we 
should think carefully before doing so.

-Shay

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