Tag: The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
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William Easterly Interview
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…
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The White Man’s Burden – Book Review
For nearly sixty years, the United States and Western governments have been giving aid to developing nations unilaterally through international organizations like the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and non-governmental organizations. Economist Jeffery Sachs was all the rage in 2005 with his book The End of Poverty, making the case for a “Big Push”…
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The eight commandments: Millennium Development Goals
The Economist: The eight commandments: Millennium Development Goals In 1990 more than one person in four lacked access to safe water, according to the United Nations. By 2015 that scandal will be only half as large—if the world's leaders keep the grand promises they made at the UN's New York headquarters in September 2000. The…