William Easterly: Tyranny of experts: economists, dictator, and the forgotten rights of the poor, New York, NY, Basic Books, 2013, viii + 394 pp

Hoyoon Jung ()
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Hoyoon Jung: PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Review of Applied Socio-Economic Research, 2017, vol. 14, issue 2, 50-53

Abstract: This paper aims to explore the debate of why poverty is still prevalent throughout the world, in spite of a wide array of prescriptive economic development plans, by reviewing William Easterly’s erudite book, The Tyranny of Experts. The author of this book argues that conventional technocratic authoritarian approach is the real root of poverty, significantly neglecting the rights of the poor. After discussion, this book review article evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the book as well.

Keywords: economic development; individual rights; poverty; technocracy; tyranny. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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