Rich countries have 'kicked away the ladder' by forcing free-market, free-trade policies on poor countries. Already established countries do not want more competitors emerging through the nationalistic policies they themselves successfully used in the past.
Corruption often exists because there are too many market forces, not too few.
People who live in poor countries have to be entrepreneurial even just to survive.
There is no such thing as a free market.
Financial markets need to become less, not more, efficient.
It's not just about the current economic environment. History shows that slashing budgets always leads to recession.