Equality, the Third World, and economic delusion /
Bauer, P. T.
Equality, the Third World, and economic delusion / P.T. Bauer. - x, 293 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part one: Equality. The grail of equality -- Class on the brain -- Part two: The West and the third world. The population explosion: myths and realities -- Western guilt and third world poverty -- Foreign aid and its hydra-headed rationalization -- Background to aid -- The link scheme of aid -- Costs and risks of commodity stabilization -- British Colonial Africa: economic retrospect and aftermath -- The lesson of Hong Kong -- Broadcasting the liberal death wish -- Part three: The state of economics. Economists and the two dollar problems -- Economic history as theory -- The investment fetish -- Reflections on the state of economics.
The author convincingly challenges widely held views about economic development, colonialism, the foreign aid process, the goal of egalitarianism, and the population explosion. The book sets a high standard in its deployment of fact and economic reasoning, yet it is beautifully written and accessible to the lay reader.
0297776452 (pbk.)
Economics.
Economic assistance --Developing countries.
Developing countries --Economic conditions.
Economic assistance.
330 BAU / DS1353
Equality, the Third World, and economic delusion / P.T. Bauer. - x, 293 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part one: Equality. The grail of equality -- Class on the brain -- Part two: The West and the third world. The population explosion: myths and realities -- Western guilt and third world poverty -- Foreign aid and its hydra-headed rationalization -- Background to aid -- The link scheme of aid -- Costs and risks of commodity stabilization -- British Colonial Africa: economic retrospect and aftermath -- The lesson of Hong Kong -- Broadcasting the liberal death wish -- Part three: The state of economics. Economists and the two dollar problems -- Economic history as theory -- The investment fetish -- Reflections on the state of economics.
The author convincingly challenges widely held views about economic development, colonialism, the foreign aid process, the goal of egalitarianism, and the population explosion. The book sets a high standard in its deployment of fact and economic reasoning, yet it is beautifully written and accessible to the lay reader.
0297776452 (pbk.)
Economics.
Economic assistance --Developing countries.
Developing countries --Economic conditions.
Economic assistance.
330 BAU / DS1353