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The State Does Not Need More Money. It Needs to Use the Real Resources It Has

If Tamil Nadu has people ready to work, materials, skills and productive capacity, why should the lack of money in the Treasury stop the State from using them? There is a question that deserves a much more honest answer than it usually receives: When a government wants to improve the lives of its people, what does it actually need? Does it need money? Or does it need people, materials, skills, land, technology, infrastructure and the capacity to organise them ? Think about what a government actually does. It wants: teachers in schools, doctors and nurses in hospitals, engineers and workers building roads, people producing food, equipment for public services, housing, clean water, electricity, public transport, environmental restoration, care for children and the elderly. Take a simple example: improving the school lunch so that it is on par with the best school lunch anywhere. What does it need? Money? Or more cereals, vegetables, fruits and other ingredients to ...

China Has Too Much Productive Capacity. The World Should Be Asking a Different Question

A Response to Michael Froman’s “The Next Global Economic Crisis Could Be Made in China” China's extraordinary productive capacity is now being described as a potential threat to the global economy. Michael Froman's widely discussed Foreign Affairs article warns that China may have produced so much that the world can no longer absorb it. The warning deserves to be taken seriously. But it leaves a much more important question unanswered: How did productive capacity itself become a potential economic crisis? The warning is serious. China produces enormous quantities of electric vehicles, batteries, solar panels, steel, machinery and other manufactured goods. Its trade surplus reached almost $1.2 trillion in 2025. Its manufacturing capacity has reached a scale without historical precedent. And now, according to a widely discussed Foreign Affairs article by Michael B. G. Froman, the world may be approaching the point at which it can no longer absorb China's output. The...

PoorNoMore Podcast: "The Myth of Inevitable Poverty"

Greetings, friends. Welcome to *PoorNoMore: Ending the Poverty Governments Refuse to Eliminate*, a podcast from the movement for A World without Poverty. I'm Rajendra Rasu, and this episode - and the whole series - is a collaborative effort with Grok from xAI, who helped shape these words into a force for change.  PoorNoMore Podcast :  The Myth of Inevitable Poverty In Episode 1, "The Myth of Inevitable Poverty," we'll bust the lie that kept billions trapped: that poverty is eternal. We'll start with uncovering why governments holding the key to ending poverty for over 50 years, they've kept it hidden. This isn't theory - it's your blueprint to break free from the margins they've trapped you in. Let's dive in. Each country has its own national currency. The national government is the sole supplier of that currency to the economy. How? By spending money into existence - provisioning itself and injecting money into the system. That spending was o...

ஏழைகளே இனி இல்லை' இயக்கத்தின் போட்காஸ்ட் வலையொலி

 வணக்கம்—நண்பர்களே, வரவேற்கிறோம்.  PoorNoMore 'ஏழைகளே இனி இல்லை' இயக்கத்தின் போட்காஸ்ட் வலையொலி. இந்த வலையொலி, நாட்டின் வளர்ச்சியை,  நமது சக மனிதர்களின் வளர்ச்சியை உச்சத்திற்கு எடுத்துச் செல்ல வைக்கும். இது நாம் அன்றாடம், பொழுது போக்க கேட்பது அல்ல. சிறிது கடினமான விசயம். நேரம் ஒதுக்கி பொறுமையாக கேளுங்கள். அனைவரது வாழ்வும் உயர, நமது நாடு அற்புதமான வளர்ச்சியை காண. அன்புடன் வேண்டுகிறேன், முழுவதும் கேளுங்கள்.  PoorNoMore போட்காஸ்ட் வலையொலி  :   "தவிர்க்க முடியாத ஏழ்மை" எனும் பொய் வலையொலியின் தலைப்பு: *ஏழைகளே இல்லாத உலகம்: அரசுகள் ஒழிக்க மறுக்கும் வறுமையை முடிவுக்குக் கொண்டு வருவோம். வளர்ந்த நாடாக மாறுவோம்*.    பாகம் ஒன்று, "''தவிர்க்க முடியாத ஏழ்மை" எனும் பொய்.  கோடிக்கணக்கான மக்களை நிரந்தரமாக ஏழ்மையில் சிறைப்படுத்தி, 'ஏழ்மை என்றும் இருக்கும்', ஏழ்மையில் இருந்து அவ்வளவு எளிதாக வெளிவர முடியாது என்ற அப்பட்டமான பொய்யை, இந்த வலையொலியில் உடைக்கிறோம்.  வறுமை என்னும் கொடும் சிறையில் இருந்து அனைவரையும், ஒவ்வொரு தனி மனிதரையும் வெளியில் கொண்டு வரும் ச...