Well, in the world of International Development- William Easterly is a rockstar.
I have to read his book The White Man's Burden for two weeks from now- so his talk will hopefully provide a foundation to that reading... and will probably also help me to better understand why foreign aid is more harmful than helpful. Plus, for one hour of my life I get to pretend that I go to an Ivy League school. I'd better bring my camera...wait, ivy league students wouldn't bring their cameras... I'll bring my pipe instead...
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Dude,
Can you blog about it?
I went out to dinner with Robyn and her friends a few nights ago (they're all politics majors). They pointed out how funny it was that dev majors are typically a bunch of whites lamenting western white interference in foreigners lives ... while in the same breath advocating more interference, albeit of a different sort (aka, i'm here to solve all your problems).
Yeah I'll be meeting with Lloyd and Sandra and Veleyne and Joan and Floyd and Ira tomorrow - - pretty much the same thing...
Joan... Jamaican patties all around..!
Just let me know when you're going to be here and I'll have JA patties for sure!
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