Reinventing Foreign Aid
 Correction on authorship: This book is actually edited by William Easterly and with a forward by Nancy Birdsall (President, Center for Global Development) Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 338.91091724 EAN: 9780262050906 ISBN: 0262050900 Number [... more]
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Inequality and Growth: Theory and Policy Implications
Essays exploring the relationship between economic growth and inequality and the implications for policy makers.--Charles I. Jones, Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley--William Easterly, New York University, and author of The [... more]
$11.60
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Globalization and Egalitarian Redistribution
Each of the essays in this volume is a gem. Together, they present a compelling case for the proposition that a more egalitarian domestic policy in the advanced economies is essential to a morally decent form of globalization. While globalization, in the [... more]
$40.45
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Rethinking Bank Regulation: Till Angels Govern
This book assembles and presents a new database on bank regulation in 150 countries (included also on CD).'This well-written and compelling book shakes the conventional wisdom about banking regulation to its foundations. It is also a model of how to do [... more]
$55.97
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Economic Parables: The Monetary Teachings of Jesus Christ
Wonderful Christian Teaching on Finance: I was blown away by the simplicity of "Economic Parables." The author actually uses parables told by Jesus about money to teach the reader fiscal responsibility. Each chapter ends with several other [... more]
$14.99
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The Doomsday Myth: 10,000 Years of Economic Crises
Must read for the Rome Club environmentalist: I am not an economist, nor do I want to be so labeled, but this book, with a foreward by Phil Gramm and published by the prestigious Hoover Institute (Stanford), absolutely rocks! It will turn you on to [... more]
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The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid ...
Easterly's usual rant: The main thing I do share with Easterly is his disdain for the rockers and the dreamers. However, beyond that, the main theme of this book is a simple tautology--if it works according to whatever criteria he stipulates, it's a & [... more]
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The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and ...
Elementary at Best: I understand that it's a book written to be accessible to people like myself who are not economists and will NEVER be economists, but that does not mean I have to be treated like I am severely unintelligent. The reading level of this [... more]
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A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa
Pandering Page Turner: First and foremost, French presents an imminently readable book that's hard to put down. The book concentrates on the socio-political pressures and pitfalls experienced in Africa over the last 20 some-odd years. He concentrates on [... more]
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Economic Development (8th Edition)
Not really much economics: While Michael Todaro's text is widely used, as another reviewer points out, it is as much political "science" and sociology as economics. I am an economics professor and I have taught Economic Development courses from [... more]
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The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid ...
Easterly's usual rant: The main thing I do share with Easterly is his disdain for the rockers and the dreamers. However, beyond that, the main theme of this book is a simple tautology--if it works according to whatever criteria he stipulates, it's a & [... more]
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The Limits of Stabilization: Infrastructure, Public ...
Author: William Easterly Author: Luis Serven Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 339.5098 EAN: 9780821354896 ISBN: 0821354892 Number Of Pages: 184 Publication Date: 2003-09 [... more]
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