William Easterly

Economics Professor
NYU Econ Prof; author White Man's Burden, critic of nonsense in fighting global poverty, advocate of individual rights for all; keep your irony alert on.
New York University
http://twitter.com/bill_easterly

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bill_easterly Devlopment researchers now required to disclose any conflict of interest with aid agencies. http://t.co/aatdiwcB

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly I contributed to AEA's new Conflict of Interest policies for economists. See development paragraph http://t.co/aatdiwcB

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly Tonite's developmentismo: post the rock song from your Ipod played most often. Mine. http://t.co/L5LIwvpY (youtube not itunes)

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly Tonite's developmentista exercise: post the rock song from your Ipod played most often. This is mine. http://t.co/phwpDM1F #iTunes

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly Religion, sex, and @HansRosling . It probably won't be boring. http://t.co/tWVRCdJi

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly It's like the summer blockbuster for nerds: new Hans Rosling video http://t.co/tWVRCdJi HT @fp2p

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly Following up on your article, @viewfromthecave , do you think @FT should apologize? http://t.co/HeB6T2mO

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly What's Wrong with Development unintentionally all in 1 FT article: hubris naiveté amnesia racism http://t.co/HeB6T2mO

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly Has anyone seen an apology from the FT on racist cartoon now removed from this article? http://t.co/SULkCYtb

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly FT removed racist cartoon with this article after you all protested, good job all. http://t.co/SULkCYtb

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly How could @FT illustrate an article with a racist cartoon on Africans? They should apologize. http://t.co/SULkCYtb

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly Wow you're right RT @JohnSchellhase What's with vile racist image in this Financial Times article? http://t.co/6nLBfmf8

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly For the 60th year in a row, another new claim that development is now a science http://t.co/SULg5ok1

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly For the 60th year in a row, another new claim that development is now a science http://t.co/SULkCYtb

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly Heroic Chinese dissident en route to asylum in People's Democratic Republic of NYU http://t.co/v9opst3b

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly About to launch IPO of my revolutionary new presentations technology "Handwritten Notes"

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly That distinction SO important to Mogadishu residents RT @asim_fayaz TEDx, not TED. Makes a world of a difference. http://t.co/j4MREvyA

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly 1st paper @UCLA : nonconformists are key to development. Thanks! http://t.co/OXAG3RVs

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly Mogadishu has now advanced to the stage of hosting a TED conference http://t.co/j4MREvyA

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly Awesome presenters at today's UCLA conference on importance of history for develoment. And me too. http://t.co/OXAG3RVs

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly How a previous panic about rising nonwhite share led to my mother's involuntary hysterectomy http://t.co/cKx6bXvr

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly Top #StuffWhitePeopleLike : obsessing about their falling population share http://t.co/5FYGs9AL

by William Easterly, Economics Professor, New York University

bill_easterly America's endangered minority: white people http://t.co/5FYGs9AL