Experts
William Easterly
Economist; Profesoor of Economics, New York University
Early exposure to Africa sparked Easterly's interest in economics. Read More
I don't think things work that way, Easterly says. Read More
The West has been able to put the individual above the collective. Read More
The West, Easterly says, can't do much to solve the conflict. Read More
Our prescriptions contradict our own path to success. Read More
Individual creativity and freedom is the mainspring of all human progress. Read More
One that is not intellectually lazy. Read More
Africa is on a growth path, Easterly says. Read More
Easterly talks about poverty. Read More
It's going to be Africans that save Africa. Read More
Africa hasn't done so bad for a continent created under such inauspicious conditions. Read More
Africa needs home-grown solutions. Read More
Easterly takes on his intellectual rival. Read More
How do we make sure aid gets where it's going? Read More
"Economics says there's this genius of the invisible hand that makes wealth happen without anyone intending it." Read More
Easterly talks about a question he would ask. Read More
Let African farmers sell their cotton on an open market. Read More
Technology is very seductive to a lot of people, Easterly says. Read More
American foreign policy has created a hornet's nest. Read More
The tension between collective and independent action has shaped both the developing and developed worlds. Read More
About William Easterly
William Easterly is Professor of Economics at New York University, joint with Africa House, and Co-Director of the NYU Development Research Institute. He is also a non-resident Fellow of the Center for Global Development in Washington, D.C. Easterly received his Ph.D. in Economics at MIT and spent sixteen years as a Research Economist at the World Bank. He is the author of The White Mans Burden: How the Wests Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good (Penguin, 2006), The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics (MIT, 2001) and over 50 published articles. Easterly's areas of expertise include the determinants of long-run economic growth and the effectiveness of foreign aid. He has worked in most areas of the developing world, but most notably in Africa, Latin America, and Russia. Easterly is an associate editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Economic Growth, and of the Journal of Development Economics.