You will find few harsher critics of the Western foreign aid establishment than William Easterly. A professor of economics at New York University, Easterly is co-director of the Development Research Institute, a former World Bank economist, and author of a slew of seminal books on development aid, including The Elusive Quest for Growth, The White Man’s…
William Easterly: Unedited Interview
A conversation with the NYU development economist on DOGE and USAID
Jun 17, 2025
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