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William Easterly on Growth, Poverty, and Aid

Published 2008-02-11 escape poverty william

William Easterly of NYU talks about why some nations escape poverty while others do not, why aid almost always fails to create growth, and what can realisticall…

William Easterly on Benevolent Autocrats and Growth

Published 2011-05-30 benevolent autocrats grow

William Easterly of New York University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the oft-heard claim that poor countries led by autocrats grow faster than po…

William Easterly on the Tyranny of Experts

Published 2014-06-16 experts tyranny process

William Easterly of New York University and author of The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor talks to EconTalk host…

Colonialism, Slavery, and Foreign Aid (with William Easterly)

Published 2025-12-09 slavery conquest colonialism

Can the promise of economic progress ever justify conquest, coercion, and control over other people’s lives? Economist William Easterly joins EconTalk's Russ Ro…

Weather: Heatwave persists as rain and showers hit parts of SA

Published 2026-11-12 showers easterly east

Wondering what the weather will be like this Thursday. Here’s the outlook for KwaZulu-Natal, Free State and North West.

Cybersecurity and Financial Services (Jen Easterly)

Published 2020-02-04 mongodb sessions cybersecurity

Cybersecurity is about protecting systems, networks and programs. Jen Easterly, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley explained the core ideas behind cybersecurit…