{"product_id":"9780143038825","title":"William Easterly - The White Man's Burden","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by William Easterly. Themes include Social Science, Poverty \u0026amp; Homelessness, Business \u0026amp; Economics, Economics, Political Science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliant at diagnosing the failings of Western intervention in the Third World.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBusinessweek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58030352204150,"sku":null,"price":8.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780143038825.jpg?v=1780660874","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780143038825","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}