Over the last century, global poverty has largely been viewed as a technical problem that merely requires the right expert” solutions. Yet all too often, experts recommend solutions that fix immediate problems without addressing the systemic political factors that created them in the first place. Further, they produce an accidental collusion with benevolent autocrats,” leaving ...
Over the last century, global poverty has largely been viewed as a technical problem that merely requires the right expert” solutions. Yet all too often, experts recommend solutions that fix immediate problems without addressing the systemic political factors that created them in the first place. Further, they produce an accidental collusion with benevolent autocrats,” leaving dictators with yet more power to violate the rights of the poor.
In The Tyranny of Experts, economist William Easterly, bestselling author of The White Man’s Burden, traces the history of the fight against global poverty, showing not only how these tactics have trampled the individual freedom of the world’s poor, but how in doing so have suppressed a vital debate about an alternative approach to solving poverty: freedom. Presenting a wealth of cutting-edge economic research, Easterly argues that only a new model of developmentone predicated on respect for the individual rights of people in developing countries, that understands that unchecked state power is the problem and not the solution will be capable of ending global poverty once and for all.
作者简介
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William Easterly is a professor of economics at New York University and a director of NYU’s award-winning Development Research Institute. He lives in New York City.
正如众多豆瓣网友所吐槽的，中信社又一次曲解了书名。英文名： the tyranny of experts: economics, dictators and the forgotten rights of the poor.直接翻译应该是《专家的暴政：经济学家、独裁者和那些被遗忘的穷人权利》。如果我当初看了对应的英文名，而不是现在的《权威...
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4 有用 kisschick 2015-11-19 11:48:20
William Easterly一直是个立场鲜明的经济学家，在世界银行工作了15年，然后用一本书的篇幅来打世界银行的脸，给专制政府、精英统治、专家主导的计划统筹式发展模式扇耳光。
1 有用 谷子 2017-05-11 11:59:40
看的是“中信出版社”16年9月簡化字中文版。但恐有刪節，所以標註於英文版。
1 有用 u758212 2020-01-21 02:28:52
足足读了将近一个月。前几章挖国际发展组织的黑思想根源、黑历史还是很有趣的。在20世纪社会主义思潮的影响下，国际发展领域产生了以缪尔达尔、刘易斯、赫希曼为代表人物的全能政府包办派。这一思潮被各种政治势力利用，虽然几十年间几乎没有取得任何发展成绩，却持续得到资金和宣传上的支持，直至今天仍然统治着国际发展领域。后面的章节讨论什么是正确的发展道路，总的思路就是回到亚当斯密，讲自由、讲民主、讲创新，没有太大... 足足读了将近一个月。前几章挖国际发展组织的黑思想根源、黑历史还是很有趣的。在20世纪社会主义思潮的影响下，国际发展领域产生了以缪尔达尔、刘易斯、赫希曼为代表人物的全能政府包办派。这一思潮被各种政治势力利用，虽然几十年间几乎没有取得任何发展成绩，却持续得到资金和宣传上的支持，直至今天仍然统治着国际发展领域。后面的章节讨论什么是正确的发展道路，总的思路就是回到亚当斯密，讲自由、讲民主、讲创新，没有太大新意。作者仍然没有回答，一个缺乏自由的社会如何通过历史的窄廊走向自由，而这才是走向繁荣真正的考验。 (展开)
0 有用 Sydlililulula 2022-10-24 19:13:05 中国香港
读之前看了作者在LSE的演讲 还是蛮有意思 观点（尤其是对于technocracy的驳斥）很好 剩下部分稍微有点冗杂 组织得也有点乱 其实最想看的是作者推崇的个体解决问题的系统具体怎么运作 说来说去最后还是Adam Smith哎有点失望
0 有用 Ravenaire 2021-11-11 01:15:36
It is not pessimistic but realistic.