Ending Poverty: Multiple Approaches

Published: April 21, 2017, 11:30 p.m.

b"Brian Wang joins hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon to check in on his concept of basic power -- a plan to provide solar energy to the world's poorest people.\\n\\nThen the guys review some other potential anti-poverty programs to see how they relate to basic power, including:\\n\\nIkea's plan to lift 200,000 refugees out of poverty via employment.\\n\\nThe new wind turbine that costs aboput the same as an iPhone but that can power a single house -- forever.\\n\\nThe new solar-powered device than can draw three liters of water directly from the air each day.\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nAre these ideas competitive or complementary? Tune in and explore.\\n\\nWT 293-602"