{"product_id":"the-white-mans-burden-why-the-wests-efforts-to-aid-the-rest-have-done-so-much-ill-and-so-little-good-9780143038825","title":"The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom 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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brilliant at diagnosing the failings of Western intervention in the Third World.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBusinessWeek \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his previous book, \u003ci\u003eThe Elusive Quest for Growth\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003ci\u003eThe White Man's Burden\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Easterly is a professor of economics at New York University and a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development. He was a senior research economist at the World Bank for more than sixteen years. In addition to his academic work, he has written widely in recent years for \u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eForbes\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/b\u003e, among others. He is the author of the acclaimed book \u003cb\u003eThe Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics\u003c\/b\u003e. He has worked in many areas of the developing world, most extensively in Africa, Latin America, and Russia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50526852874514,"sku":"9780143038825","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d785a3b0-26d6-48f1-89ab-f717f5c9ecb4.jpg?v=1731284597","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-white-mans-burden-why-the-wests-efforts-to-aid-the-rest-have-done-so-much-ill-and-so-little-good-9780143038825","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}