The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics by William R. Easterly

The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics

Mit Press

William R. Easterly

360 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction business economics informative medium-paced
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Why economists' attempts to help poorer countries improve their economic well-being have failed.Since the end of World War II, economists have tried to figure out how poor countries in the tropics could attain standards of living approaching those...

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