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The Tyranny of Experts
by William Easterly
Development's neglect of poor people's rights: technocracy versus freedom, from colonial roots to today. Argumentative and historical.
Read it if…
you want the rights-based critique of development.
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Skip it if…
you want a how-to.
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Three things you will actually use
- Rights before plans.
- Technocracy ignores the poor's freedom.
- History repeats.
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Read the chapter on the debate that never happened.
Our verdict
Experts vs rights.
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