So I watched Conan the Barbarian tonight, and I was particularly struck by the scene where the young Conan is forced into slave labour, condemned to push a wheel round and round for years. You can watch the scene here (embedding is disabled so you'll have to click through to youtube:
As I watched it I suddenly had a really familiar feeling. Why was that? Oh, that's right: Playpumps!
You can read about the Playpump controversy along with some pointed criticism over at Barefoot Economics and Aid Watch. I am also deeply disappointed the pumps didn't succeed in churning out out a few million Arnold-sized children.