Argues that the standard top-down, technocratic approaches to global poverty not only don't work but also trample the individual rights of the people they're meant to help. And those rights, it turns out, are crucial to fostering lasting development. Over the last century, globa…
"In The Tyranny of Experts, renowned economist William Easterly examines our failing efforts to fight global poverty, and argues that the "expert approved" top-down approach to development has not only made little lasting progress, but has proven a convenient rationale for decad…
Over the last century, global poverty has largely been viewed as a technical problem that merely requires the right?expert" solutions. Yet all too often, experts recommend solutions that fix immediate problems without addressing the systemic political factors that created them i…
Over the last century, global poverty has largely been viewed as a technical problem that merely requires the right "expert" solutions. Yet all too often, experts recommend solutions that fix immediate problems without addressing the systemic political factors that created them …
Over the last century, global poverty has largely been viewed as a technical problem that merely requires the right "expert" solutions. Yet all too often, experts recommend solutions that fix immediate problems without addressing the systemic political factors that created them …
Over the last century, global poverty has largely been viewed as a technical problem that merely requires the right "expert" solutions. Yet all too often, experts recommend solutions that fix immediate problems without addressing the systemic political factors that created them …