October, 2006
White Man's Burden
William Easterly
Peter J. Boettke
Director, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Lyal White
Founding Director, Centre for Dynamic MarketsHany Besada
Adjunct Research Professor, Institute of African Studies, Carleton UniversityKurt Shillinger
Tom Wheeler
Leon Kok
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Citation: Peter Boettke, Kurt Shillinger, Tom Wheeler, Lyal White, Hany Besada & Leon Kok, "Review of William Easterly's 'White Man's Burden'" South African Journal of International Affairs, Volume 13, Issue 1, 2006.
Easterly's book argues that development policy must return to basics and focus on bottom-up "searchers" rather than top-down planning. Does this provide the solution to the plight of the poor?