Countries that rely heavily on foreign aid risk becoming self-stabilizing systems in which increasing foreign aid to Hypothetistan reduces the incentives for Hypothetistanis to be productive, instead of providing capital they need to act on those incentives. This is by no means a complete explanation—I’m just explaining the analogy between self-stabilizing systems more explicitly.
Countries that rely heavily on foreign aid risk becoming self-stabilizing systems in which increasing foreign aid to Hypothetistan reduces the incentives for Hypothetistanis to be productive, instead of providing capital they need to act on those incentives. This is by no means a complete explanation—I’m just explaining the analogy between self-stabilizing systems more explicitly.
The specs for happiness require it to be self-stabilizing. Poverty can be self-stabilizing, but doesn’t have to be.