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The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor

By William Easterly
Narrated by: Chris Ciulla
Unabridged — 15 hours, 9 minutes
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By William Easterly
Narrated by: Chris Ciulla
Unabridged — 15 hours, 9 minutes
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In this "bracingly iconoclastic” book (New York Times Book Review), a renowned economics scholar breaks down the fight to end global poverty and the rights that poor individuals have had taken away for generations.

In The Tyranny of Experts, renowned economist William Easterly examines our failing efforts to fight global poverty, and argues that the "expert approved" top-down approach to development has not only made little lasting progress, but has proven a convenient rationale for decades ...