Comments on: The Aid Critic: Bill Easterly http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2010/02/the-aid-critic-bill-easterly/ from the Global Economic Governance Programme at the University of Oxford Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:39:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Real Issues in the aid debate, part 1: Economics | the GEG blog http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2010/02/the-aid-critic-bill-easterly/comment-page-1/#comment-14680 The Real Issues in the aid debate, part 1: Economics | the GEG blog Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:39:53 +0000 http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/?p=668#comment-14680 [...] in this GEG blog series on The (Dead) Aid Debate, I reviewed the contributions of Dambisa Moyo, Bill Easterly and Yash Tandon. While all raise important issues, they do not raise what I consider to be the real [...] [...] in this GEG blog series on The (Dead) Aid Debate, I reviewed the contributions of Dambisa Moyo, Bill Easterly and Yash Tandon. While all raise important issues, they do not raise what I consider to be the real [...]

]]> By: Kartik Akileswaran http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2010/02/the-aid-critic-bill-easterly/comment-page-1/#comment-8460 Kartik Akileswaran Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:30:56 +0000 http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/?p=668#comment-8460 Great point about the typical neo-classical focus on individual agency. One of the guiding questions of sociology is "structure or agency?", and I think if Easterly and other like-minded economists considered this problematic in their analyses, they would arrive at much more well-grounded and nuanced conclusions such as yours. Look forward to reading the rest of your series! Great point about the typical neo-classical focus on individual agency. One of the guiding questions of sociology is “structure or agency?”, and I think if Easterly and other like-minded economists considered this problematic in their analyses, they would arrive at much more well-grounded and nuanced conclusions such as yours.

Look forward to reading the rest of your series!

]]> By: Kathryn http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2010/02/the-aid-critic-bill-easterly/comment-page-1/#comment-8439 Kathryn Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:15:09 +0000 http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/?p=668#comment-8439 This is an interesting perspective Lindsay. Thank you. I'd be curious to hear your perspective on Paul Polak's work and book, "Out of Poverty, What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail. " someday too. This is an interesting perspective Lindsay. Thank you. I’d be curious to hear your perspective on Paul Polak’s work and book, “Out of Poverty, What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail. ” someday too.

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