The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor – $395
by rgonzalezr
A legendary economist 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, 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 […]
Categories: Actualidad, Economía y Política • Tags: 2014, Basic Books, dictators, economía, economics, pobreza, poverty, rights, William Easterly