Foreign Aid

Two Guys Named Bill On Poverty and Childhood Death and Disease

gregladen | January 26, 2014

Bill Gates has this thing called Gates Letter addressing three myths: Poor Countries Are Doomed To Stay Poor Foreign Aid Is A Big Waste Saving Lives Leads To Overpopulation That these are myths is discussed in detail HERE. In a related project, Bill Nye has made this video dispelling an overlapping set of myths: And here's Bill Gates' "Viral Video" Important cause. Not sure if that video is going to go viral, though.

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