BETRAYAL: WHY SOCIALISM FAILED IN AFRICA Foundation for Economic Education, by Dr George Ayittey, December 24, 2008
A native of Ghana, Dr. George Ayittey has firsthand knowledge of how the overreaching hand of government brought tyranny and misery to virtually all of Africa. War, disease, state terrorism and wanton carnage have devastated a continent that once had hope.
The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor by William Easterly, March 24, 2015
In The Tyranny of Experts, renowned economist William Easterly examines our failing efforts to fight global poverty, and argues that the "expert approved" top-down approach to development has not only made little lasting progress, but has proven a convenient rationale for decades of human rights violations perpetrated by colonialists, postcolonial dictators, and US and UK foreign policymakers seeking autocratic allies. Demonstrating how our traditional antipoverty tactics have both trampled the freedom of the world's poor and suppressed a vital debate about alternative approaches to solving poverty, Easterly presents a devastating critique of the blighted record of authoritarian development. In this masterful work, Easterly reveals the fundamental errors inherent in our traditional approach and offers new principles for Western agencies and developing countries alike: principles that, because they are predicated on respect for the rights of poor people, have the power to end global poverty once and for all.
Jack, thanks for providing more scholarship from William Easterly, who IS a leading UN CRITIC AND A HERO OF MINE. Steve
Good article, add these, among many others like it—but especially read Peter Bauer:
WESTERN GUILT & THIRD WORLD POVERTY Commentary, by Peter Bauer, Jan 1976
The feeling of guilt has aptly been termed one of America's few remaining surplus commodities. Ubiquitous and repeated allegations that…
https://www.commentary.org/articles/peter-bauer/western-guilt-third-world-poverty/
AFRICA DOESN'T NEED MORE DEVELOPMENT AID, IT NEEDS MORE CAPITALISM Forbes, by Rainer Zitelmann, Aug 5, 2019
The psychology of success and wealth and the power of capitalism.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rainerzitelmann/2019/08/05/africa-doesnt-need-more-development-aid-it-needs-more-capitalism/?sh=5eedcc156ba2
BETRAYAL: WHY SOCIALISM FAILED IN AFRICA Foundation for Economic Education, by Dr George Ayittey, December 24, 2008
A native of Ghana, Dr. George Ayittey has firsthand knowledge of how the overreaching hand of government brought tyranny and misery to virtually all of Africa. War, disease, state terrorism and wanton carnage have devastated a continent that once had hope.
https://fee.org/resources/betrayal-why-socialism-failed-in-africa/
THE TYRANNY OF EXPERTS LSE, Speaker: William Easterly, Jan 14, 2015. 1:22:42
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEFEmwp7NO8
The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor by William Easterly, March 24, 2015
In The Tyranny of Experts, renowned economist William Easterly examines our failing efforts to fight global poverty, and argues that the "expert approved" top-down approach to development has not only made little lasting progress, but has proven a convenient rationale for decades of human rights violations perpetrated by colonialists, postcolonial dictators, and US and UK foreign policymakers seeking autocratic allies. Demonstrating how our traditional antipoverty tactics have both trampled the freedom of the world's poor and suppressed a vital debate about alternative approaches to solving poverty, Easterly presents a devastating critique of the blighted record of authoritarian development. In this masterful work, Easterly reveals the fundamental errors inherent in our traditional approach and offers new principles for Western agencies and developing countries alike: principles that, because they are predicated on respect for the rights of poor people, have the power to end global poverty once and for all.
https://www.amazon.com/Tyranny-Experts-Economists-Dictators-Forgotten/dp/0465089739