What is 'Wealth'?
according to an old anthropology professor, wealth is the amount of leisure time after that necessary to provide for basic necessities and has nothing to do with $$.
Many of those impoverished country dwellers live a wholesome happy life with more liesure time for enriching activities than those in the rat-race. Even the 'work' time is generally more enjoyable and fulfilling. I'm sure many would rather be growing crops in the fields than standing in a food line. The problem comes when people settle and try to live in an area that can not support them. Organizations exasperate the problem by sending in 'emergency aid' thereby encouraging the people to continue to try to live there. These people become totally dependant on the support of others and lose the ability to do for themselves.
IMHO
