The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor
by William Easterly
Buy on AmazonThe point that top-down development methods are great on paper but have not produced benefits (‘so far’) is a point Easterly has made before, heavily influencing yours truly in the formation his own argument against naive interventionism and the collection of ‘humanitarians’ fulfilling their personal growth and shielding themselves from their conscience… This is more powerful: the West has been putting development ahead of moral issues, patronizingly setting aside the right of the people to d...
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"The point that top-down development methods are great on paper but have not produced benefits (‘so far’) is a point Easterly has made before, heavily influencing yours truly in the formation his own argument against naive interventionism and the collection of ‘humanitarians’ fulfilling their personal growth and shielding themselves from their conscience… This is more powerful: the West has been putting development ahead of moral issues, patronizingly setting aside the right of the people to d..."
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