[Radix] Poverty is a Vulnerability Multiplier

[George Kent]

Frederick, you attachment is interesting, but what about the costs?

What if we view shoddy building practices as a global problem, and not  
merely a series of national problems. Maybe one could imagine an  
international agreement that set some basic standards and, together  
with that, offered some sort of financial support from implementation  
in poor countries?

Aloha, George


On Jan 17, 2010, at 9:24 AM, Frederick Krimgold wrote:

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> On Jan 15, 2010, at 9:10 PM, George Kent wrote:
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>> What can Radix say about the tragic Haiti story? Many people blame  
>> the deaths simply and directly on the earthquake, but I'd say it is  
>> important to look into the hypothesis that poverty is a  
>> vulnerability multiplier. Can appropriate comparisons be made to  
>> test/demonstrate the proposition?
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>> Aloha, George
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