Abstract for My IEA Talk

I’m giving the Institute of Economic Affairs‘ 2019 Hayek Memorial Lecture on December 3 in London.  The title: “Poverty: Who’s To Blame?”  And unlike in the U.S., lectures in the U.K. have abstracts!  Here’s mine:

Abstract:

Who, if anyone, is morally to blame for the continued existence of severe poverty? I argue that governments in both poor and rich countries bear primary responsibility. Governments in poor countries are blameworthy for stifling development with socialist and populist economic policies. Governments in rich countries are...