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Tyranny of experts : economists, dictators, and the forgotten rights of the poor / William Eastery.

By: Easterly, William, 1957-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, [2013]Copyright date: 2013Description: 394 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780465031252 (hardback); 0465031250 (hardback).Subject(s): Economic policy -- Political aspects | Economic policy -- Social aspects -- Developing countries | Poverty -- Economic aspects -- Developing countriesDDC classification: 339.46
Contents:
Pt. 1. The debate that never happened -- pt. 2. Why the debate never happened: the real history of the development idea -- pt. 3. The blank slate versus learning from history -- pt. 4. Nations versus individuals -- pt. 5. Conscious design versus spontaneous solutions.
Summary: 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 that created them in the first place. Further, they produce an accidental collusion with "benevolent autocrats," leaving dictators with yet more power to violate the rights of the poor.
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Pt. 1. The debate that never happened -- pt. 2. Why the debate never happened: the real history of the development idea -- pt. 3. The blank slate versus learning from history -- pt. 4. Nations versus individuals -- pt. 5. Conscious design versus spontaneous solutions.

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 that created them in the first place. Further, they produce an accidental collusion with "benevolent autocrats," leaving dictators with yet more power to violate the rights of the poor.

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