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I certainly don't have the answer :lolol: As countries like India and China grow economically then countries like the UK and the US will decline - we've seen this happen already with industries like shipping and textiles - currently they have been mainly involved with 'old' industries, the more...

Population is a bit of a red herring - the population of the UK in 1750 was 6.5 million, it's getting on for 10 times that now and there is certainly less real poverty now then there was in the 18th century! The key is to get more and more people out of agriculture and into work producing goods...

I realise you were talking about the Indian government and the answer is still - Yes to your question. Take a village of people living at subsistence level by farming. The elders of the village have saved a small pot of money, enough say to build a road to the next village or to provide enough...

Probably the answer to that is yes. If you know anything of the history of the UK you will realise that the only reason we are a relatively rich country now is that we went through a period of industrialisation where the 'ruling classes' diverted much of the country's resources into industrial...

Can you really compare those using food banks in the UK with the over 50% of young children in India suffering from malnutrition? The only hope for countries such as India, China and Brazil is that they continue to grow their economy via industrial and scientific innovation. The UK didn't...

The people the aid is aimed at are not the ones involved in the Indian space programme nor are they in a position to decide whether or not their government are investing in that technology. What many people forget is that it is purely by accident of birth that they were born into a relatively...