"The Deformations of Sympathy"

This post's title is taken from a phrase in a short piece for the City Journal by Theodore Dalrymple. The article is a cautionary tale about the law of unintended consequences when socialists, full-blooded or Fabian, are moved mightily to abolish "poverty" in their respective countries, if not the world. If you have any common sense at all, you already know this. But, as you also know, "the poor you have with you always", common sense, not so much. Take up and read.