Review: The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
User Review - Brian - GoodreadsI think the problems and potential solutions presented in this book are of overwhelming importance for the aid community. I can admit that Easterly's writing style is less than masterful, and that the ... Read full review
Review: The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
User Review - Kraychik - GoodreadsThis book shatters mythologies held by utopian statists that humanity can be perfected if only we plan everything out in great enough detail with the wisest persons on the planet. Unfortunately, this ... Read full review
Review: The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
User Review - Mary - GoodreadsThis is an excellent little book built on the thesis that poor people aren't stupid. How refreshing is that? Still, when Easterly came to BYU and said that there was really nothing we can do for the ... Read full review
Review: The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
User Review - Jessica Barrett - GoodreadsThis is one of the more disturbing books I have read, in the sense that it challenged my world view and made me question my field of study at the time (international development). In fact, this book ... Read full review
