{"product_id":"the-white-mans-burden-william-easterly-9780143038825","title":"The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the world's best-known development economists--an excoriating attack on the tragic hubris of the West's efforts to improve the lot of the so-called developing world. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brilliant at diagnosing the failings of Western intervention in the Third World.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBusinessWeek \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his previous book, \u003ci\u003eThe Elusive Quest for Growth\u003c\/i\u003e, William Easterly criticized the utter ineffectiveness of Western organizations to mitigate global poverty, and he was promptly fired by his then-employer, the World Bank. \u003ci\u003eThe White Man's Burden\u003c\/i\u003e is his widely anticipated counterpunch--a brilliant and blistering indictment of the West's economic policies for the world's poor. Sometimes angry, sometimes irreverent, but always clear-eyed and rigorous, Easterly argues that we in the West need to face our own history of ineptitude and draw the proper conclusions, especially at a time when the question of our ability to transplant Western institutions has become one of the most pressing issues we face.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Easterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143038826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143038825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.56w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2007 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014 pg. 32","brand":"William Easterly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045616382207,"sku":"9780143038825","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_caf0bab7-47bf-43b3-94da-0b77bae18419.jpg?v=1684979738","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-white-mans-burden-william-easterly-9780143038825","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}