Tom Keene of Bloomberg News recently interviewed William Easterly of New York University and author of The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good. (See my review) The blurb for the interview says:
Easterly Says Bill Gates Has `Blind Spot' in Poverty Aid
Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) — William Easterly, a professor of economics at New York University, spoke with Bloomberg's Tom Keene on Feb. 15 from Washington about the achievements and challenges of global aid programs and his assessment of Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates's poverty-fighting strategy.
Excellent interview. Easterly is probably my favorite development economist, and this 17-minute interview highlights some of his key positions well. Here is a link to a mp3 of the interview:
http://media.bloomberg.com/bb/avfile/BBRECON/v9HGFinzhQqo.mp3
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