William Easterly
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William Russell Easterly (born September 7, 1957) is an American
Easterly is the author of three books: The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists’ Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics (2001); The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good (2006), which won the 2008 Hayek Prize; and The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor (2014),[3] which was a finalist for the 2015 Hayek Prize.[4]
Biography
Born in
Easterly then worked at the
Academic work
Easterly has worked in many areas of the developing world and some transition economies, most heavily in Africa, Latin America, and Russia.
Easterly is skeptical toward many of the trends that are common in the field of foreign aid. In
In The White Man's Burden (the title refers to
In
Sachs responded to Easterly's arguments, leading to a prolonged debate.
Easterly has also produced a critical review of, and received a rebuttal from,
Easterly's work has been discussed in media outlets such as
Publications
- Easterly, William (2014). ISBN 978-0465031252
- Easterly, William (2006). The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good. Penguin ISBN 9780143038825
- Easterly, William (2001). ISBN 978-0262050654
Book section
- Channels from Globalization to Inequality: Productivity World versus Factor World, pp. 39–81, from Brookings Trade Forum: 2004 - Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality, (2004, Brookings Institution Press)
Three co-edited books, and more than 60 articles in refereed economics journals.
See also
References
- ^ A computable general equilibrium model of Mexico with portfolio balances : with application to devaluation.
- ^ NYU Development Research Institute
- ^ ""The Tyranny of Experts" on William Easterly's website". Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
- ^ The Manhattan Institute Announces Shortlist for Hayek Book Prize, January 29, 2015
- ^ Easterly, William (2016). "Stereotypes Are Poisoning American Politics". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
- ^ Curriculum Vita, William Easterly, April 3, 2013
- ^ "Think Again: Debt Relief, Foreign Policy". Archived from the original on 2006-06-18. Retrieved 2006-08-21.
- Riz Khanshow
- ^ A Modest Proposal, A Review of "The End of Poverty."
- ^ http://www.nyudri.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Easterly-Pennings-2014-Jan-Leaders-and-Growth.pdf[dead link]
- ^ "The Big Aid Debate is over". 4 October 2013.
- ^ Amartya Sen, The Man Without a Plan, Foreign Affairs. March/April 2006
- ^ Easterly, William (January 23, 2014). "Aid Amnesia: Jeffrey Sachs has gone down the rabbit hole on the aid debate. He doesn't even remember what it was all about". foreignpolicy.com.
Apparently there is nobody left, not even Sachs himself, to defend the case for aid as the engine of development in the poorest countries . . . .
- ^ Easterly, William. "The Anarchy of Success | William Easterly".
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(help) - ^ "NYU Homepage for William Easterly". Retrieved 2006-06-26.
- ^ "Brookings Trade Forum: 2004". 30 November 2001.
- ISBN 978-0815712862.
External links
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- Aid Watch A blog written by William Easterly and Laura Freschi of the Development Research Institute between January 2009 and May 2011.[1]
- William Easterly on Twitter
- Easterly's expert page at the Brookings Institution
- William Easterly at IMDb
- A Modest Proposal A critical review of Jeffrey Sachs's blueprint for a new foreign aid initiative, "The End Of Poverty."
- Think Again: Debt Relief Archived 2006-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Abridgements of The Elusive Quest for Growth and The White Man's Burden
- The Man Without a Plan Book review of "White Man's Burden," published in Foreign Affairs.
- Library of Economics and Liberty.
- ^ "Aid Watch". Development Research Institute. Retrieved 2020-04-28.