The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
| AUTHOR | Easterly, William; Easterly, William |
| PUBLISHER | Penguin Books (03/01/2007) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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From one of the world's best-known development economists--an excoriating attack on the tragic hubris of the West's efforts to improve the lot of the so-called developing world. "Brilliant at diagnosing the failings of Western intervention in the Third World." --BusinessWeek 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. Sometimes angry, sometimes irreverent, but always clear-eyed and rigorous, Easterly argues that we in the West need to face our own history of ineptitude and draw the proper conclusions, especially at a time when the question of our ability to transplant Western institutions has become one of the most pressing issues we face.
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ISBN-13:
9780143038825
ISBN-10:
0143038826
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
448
Carton Quantity:
28
Product Dimensions:
5.56 x 0.98 x 8.40 inches
Weight:
0.91 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Price on Product - Canadian,
Annotated,
Price on Product,
Table of Contents,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Political Science | Political Economy
Political Science | Developing & Emerging Countries
Political Science | Development - General
Grade Level:
College Freshman
and up
Dewey Decimal:
338.911
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From one of the world's best-known development economists--an excoriating attack on the tragic hubris of the West's efforts to improve the lot of the so-called developing world. "Brilliant at diagnosing the failings of Western intervention in the Third World." --BusinessWeek 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. Sometimes angry, sometimes irreverent, but always clear-eyed and rigorous, Easterly argues that we in the West need to face our own history of ineptitude and draw the proper conclusions, especially at a time when the question of our ability to transplant Western institutions has become one of the most pressing issues we face.
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