"The path to economic prosperity will not be found in government regulations or seemingly charitable handouts, like TOMS. For individuals to be able to lift themselves out of poverty, they must have the freedom to be self-sufficient through their own entrepreneurial efforts."

Work is really creative service to others. Through producing goods or providing services, we serve others' economic needs. Enterprise is not only the best solution to poverty, it is also a main way in which we can effectively serve and connect with others.Via Acton Institute

Amendaiwo of Lagos describes the effects of corruption on the human spirit. The problem of corruption extends beyond dollars and cents. It crushes the entrepreneurial spirit of a people. #PovertyCureVideoSeries

Hopefully these ideas (amendaiwo) can become a great tool to reduce unemployment. Via Acton Institute #DignityofWork


"We have turned people into the objects of our charity instead of recognizing them as the protagonists in their own story of development." #AffirmDignity #PovertyCureVideoSeries


It's important to track income inequality, but we must keep in mind that "We are all born with different gifts and created individually; we will all have different earthly income levels, which means income inequality will always exist on some level." Via Institute for Faith, Work & Economics


"...There is indeed a distinction between good economic inequality and bad. Entrepreneurial innovation that improves the lives of consumers is good; using political pull to transfer wealth is bad." Via Hoover Institution


While charity is crucial in disaster or emergency situations, it is enterprise and business that provides sustainable, long-term prosperity to the poor. #PovertyCureVoiceVideos

"Instead of lamenting wealth inequality – and [criticizing] the wealth creation that decimated global, extreme [poverty] – people of faith should focus on alleviating true poverty, expanding economic opportunity, and carrying out the creation mandate to improve the world God has temporarily entrusted to us." Via Acton Institute


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