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The Tyranny of Experts
- Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor
- By: William Easterly
- Narrated by: Chris Ciulla
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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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 decades of human rights violations perpetrated by colonialists, postcolonial dictators, and US and UK foreign policymakers seeking autocratic allies. Easterly demonstrates how our traditional antipoverty tactics have trampled the freedom of the poor and suppressed a vital debate about alternative approaches....
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Making “Expert” a Bad Word
- By Carl Hammerdorfer on 04-23-23
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The Tyranny of Experts
- Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor
- Narrated by: Chris Ciulla
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 03-16-21
- Language: English
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The White Man's Burden
- Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
- By: William Easterly
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
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In his previous book, The Elusive Quest for Growth, William Easterly criticized the utter ineffectiveness of Western organizations to mitigate global poverty, and he was promptly fired by his then-employer, the World Bank. The White Man's Burden is his widely anticipated counterpunch - a brilliant and blistering indictment of the West's economic policies for the world's poor.
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A Bit Repetitive
- By Amazon Customer on 04-27-19
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The White Man's Burden
- Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 07-04-17
- Language: English
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