At least now we have finally gotten away from personal attacks, so let me say that Sachs is an inspirational and hard-working intellectual. His ideas on Africa are only sometimes totally wrong, the other times they are only fatally wrong.
More here. Blows again are exchanged between Columbia's Jeff Sachs and NYU's Bill Easterly.
Showing posts with label foreign aid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label foreign aid. Show all posts
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Best Line I Have Read Today
"Besides, the sight of two middle-aged white men mud-wrestling on African aid may entertain the audience."The two middle-aged white men refered to in the above quote are no light-weights, they are Columbia's Jeff Sachs and NYU's Bill Easterly.
Read more about their latest exchanges here.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Will More Foreign Aid Help?
Bottom line: No.
I like this bit best:
Aid advocacy leads to perhaps an even more serious problem. There is a limited stock of good will and good intentions in the rich world and the question becomes whether this stock is best harnessed by mobilizing more aid, or by pursuing alternative actions that could have a bigger impact.
Now that is an excellent opportunity cost thinking. Read more here.
I like this bit best:
Aid advocacy leads to perhaps an even more serious problem. There is a limited stock of good will and good intentions in the rich world and the question becomes whether this stock is best harnessed by mobilizing more aid, or by pursuing alternative actions that could have a bigger impact.
Now that is an excellent opportunity cost thinking. Read more here.
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