Divinely Made, Man-Made Poor

The world's aid machine treats the poor as objects of charity. Magatte Wade argues this is not just an economic error — it is a theological one. To reduce a human being to a recipient is to deny their God-given dignity, creativity, and capacity to build. Featured in both Poverty, Inc. and the forthcoming Poverty USA, Wade draws on her journey from Senegal to Silicon Valley to make the case that freedom and ownership are not merely policy prescriptions — they are the only responses to poverty that honor the full humanity of every person. When we stop helping and start freeing, we don't just create prosperity. We restore dignity.