William Easterly, a distinguished economist and development expert, has joined Brookings as a visiting fellow, Brookings President Strobe Talbott announced today. Easterly is a professor of economics ...

This book review appeared in the Fall 2026 issue of The Independent Review. I first encountered William Easterly’s work as an undergraduate economics student. His 2001 book The Elusive Quest for ...

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. — Wabash College invites you to hear William Easterly as he lectures on “The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists’ Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics” on Monday, November ...

Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, YouTube, or search “Devex” in your favorite podcast app. Development economist William Easterly famously does not mince words about the disappointments ...

The White Man’s Burden is a rare book. Its author, William Easterly distills all of his considerable knowledge and experience about foreign aid into it, and never pulls punches in a subject noted for ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: William Easterly is an Author with seven videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2002 Speech as a Senior Fellow for the Center for Global Development.

I first encountered William Easterly’s work as an undergraduate economics student. His 2001 book The Elusive Quest for Growth: Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics (MIT Press) was an assigned ...