The Tyranny of Experts (Revised) - Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor

About the author

William Easterly is Professor of Economics at New York University and Co-director of the NYU Development Research Institute. He is the author of several books on global politics and economics, including The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good (winner of the FA Hayek Award). His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Review of Books, and Washington Post. Foreign Policy magazine named him among the Top 100 Global Public Intellectuals. He lives in New York.

Summary

A "bracingly iconoclastic" (New York Times) critique of global development that points a way toward respect for the poor and an end to global poverty

Product details

• Authors: William Easterly
• Publisher: Basic Books Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.03.2021
• EAN: 9781541675674
• ISBN: 978-1-5416-7567-4
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development