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William Easterly

American development economist

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Also known as William Russell Easterly

Born: September 7, 1957
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-05-04
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Birthplace: Morgantown
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: economist
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-06-24
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, university teacher
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology(until 1985)
, Bowling Green State University
Employer: New York University
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
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Notable work: The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good

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William Russell Easterly is an American economist specializing in economic development. He is a professor of economics at New York University, joint with Africa House, and co-director of NYU's Development Research Institute. He is a research associate of NBER, senior fellow at the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD) of Duke University, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. Easterly is an associate editor of the Journal of Economic Growth.

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TThe White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Goodbook by William Easterly released in 2006

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Given name: William
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-07
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Doctoral advisor: Lance Taylor
Doctoral student: Tobias Pfütze
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1.Stated in Mathematics Genealogy Project
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Prabal Kumar De
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Family name: Easterly

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