“ ... money should not be spent according to what the West considers the most dramatic kind of suffering. William Easterly
“ Remember, aid cannot achieve the end of poverty. Only homegrown development base on the dynamism of individuals and firms in free markets can do that. William Easterly
“ Any factor that breeds polarization will worsen policy, and thus cause lower growth. William Easterly
“ The technocratic illusion is that poverty results from a shortage of expertise, whereas poverty is really about a shortage of rights. The emphasis on the problem of expertise makes the problem of righ… William Easterly
“ Almost three billion people live on less than two dollars a day, adjusted for purchasing power.5 Eight hundred and forty million people in the world don’t have enough to eat.6 Ten million children die… William Easterly
