10% MORE HIVE MIND
Garett Jones is one of the smartest people I have ever talked to - and he is at his usual brilliant best in this conversation. We started by trying to see how his latest book fit into the context of less developed countries with weak rule of law. I have often remarked that Garett is underrated as a…
William Easterly on Rights, Racism and the Politicization of Development
Is foreign aid truly benefiting developing countries? Or is it violating the freedoms of the vulnerable? In this episode, listen in to our discussion with world-renowned development economist and author of The White Man’s Burden, Professor William (Bill) Easterly as he talks about the rights of the…
Episode 17: Obama in Ghana
President Obama spoke in Ghana on July 11, 2009 about US policy towards Africa.
In this episode of Development Drums, Todd Moss and Chris Blattman join me to talk about the speech, and what it means for the US and Africa.
President Obama’s speech
Chris Blattman’s blog
Comments on the speech…
Breaking USAID
Should the U.S. stop giving foreign aid?
This is a question many have been asking long before Elon Musk and Donald Trump launched DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) and began dismantling USAID and its work around the globe.
Critics of foreign aid, like Bill Easterly, author of The White Man…
Breaking USAID
Should the U.S. stop giving foreign aid?
This is a question many have been asking long before Elon Musk and Donald Trump launched DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) and began dismantling USAID and its work around the globe.
Critics of foreign aid, like Bill Easterly, author of The White Man…
Why do we find it so hard to care about the rights of other people? with economist William Easterly
Can the language of "helping" be used to justify conquest? And when development raises incomes but removes agency, has anything actually improved?
In this episode of Our Long Walk, Johan Fourie and Jonathan Schoots speak with Bill Easterly, Professor Emeritus of Economics at New York University. Bi…
Violent Saviors: A Conversation With Bill Easterly
On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Peter Boettke talks with Bill Easterly about his new book, Violent Saviors: The West’s Conquest of the Rest. Drawing on figures such as Adam Smith, P.T. Bauer, and Amartya Sen, Easterly argues that material progress alone cannot justify the denial of hu…
Where Foreign Aid Money Really Goes | World Bank Economist Explains (E198)
Former World Bank economist Dr. Emily Brearley says billions in foreign aid have been wasted by corrupt NGOs, bloated bureaucracies, and elites disconnected from the people they claim to help.
Guest Bio
Dr. Emily Brearley is a former World Bank development economist and author of Aid Inferno. Aft…
Bill Easterly - What We Get Wrong About Foreign Aid
The story of foreign aid is usually told as a story of insufficient resources. Bill Easterly thinks that misses the point.
In this episode, Ben sits down with Bill Easterly, NYU economist and author of four books on development, to dig into why aid so often fails, and why the problem runs deeper th…
Delilah Rothenberg on The Predistribution Initiative: You Can't Diversify Away From Inequality
Delilah Rothenberg went into finance to fight inequality and came out the other side with a sharper claim: the way capital is structured produces it. She spent nearly two decades across sell-side equities (Bear Stearns, through the crisis) and private equity infrastructure in Africa and the US, and…
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