I'd like to see a version of this chart on the low UK % who think aid is effective, but comparing with the US, France & Germany. Would help point to whether the UK's lower aid support is more driven by different values or perceptions of efficacy.

From: developmentengagementlab.org/publication/...

And Melito of Sardis once more, giving voice to the risen Christ:

For example, I have come across the below from Frederick Law Olmsted (The Cotton Kingdom), which reminded me of the utility of poverty doctrine. But otherwise don't know much regarding slavery and am just curious of the parallels.

Joseph Ratzinger, on Christ's descent into hell:

Melito of Sardis, On Pascha (2nd century):

Hmm... One of the big impacts of the Industrial Revolution was that it made demographics matter a lot less for national power. In 1756 Ange Goudar could say that the “most widely accepted maxim in politics is that only a large population can create a mighty state”. But by 1870? Here's David Landes:

This suggests that the UK's Country Programmable Aid - which is supposed to capture predictable flows to partner countries - may actually be a fifth lower than official stats.

And these stats already show that UK CPA fell by ~60% between 2016-22...

data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?lc=en&tm...

This follows us also highlighting how much of an outlier the UK is versus its peers.

The UK spends over two-and-a-half times more aid per refugee and asylum seeker within its own borders than any other G7 economy.

www.cgdev.org/blog/costs-h...

Cool :) What era were these from?

Quite a change from 1818! I recently came across this in Robert Owen's autobiography, where he remembers a dinner conversation with Friedrich von Gentz at the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (Gentz being the "learned secretary" to the Congress):