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title: "1 Aid Quotes By William Easterly"
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> [“... money should not be spent according to what the West considers the most dramatic kind of suffering.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-easterly/money-should-not-be-spent-according-to-what-the-west-considers-the/)

[William Easterly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-easterly/)

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## More by William Easterly

> [Remember, aid cannot achieve the end of poverty. Only homegrown development base on the dynamism of individuals and firms in free markets can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-easterly/remember-aid-cannot-achieve-the-end-of-poverty-only-homegrown/)

[William Easterly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-easterly/)

> [When you are in a hole, the top priority is to stop digging.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-easterly/when-you-are-in-a-hole-the-top-priority-is-to-stop-digging/)

[William Easterly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-easterly/)

> [“... money should not be spent according to what the West considers the most dramatic kind of suffering.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-easterly/money-should-not-be-spent-according-to-what-the-west-considers-the/)

[William Easterly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-easterly/)

> [The rich have markets, the poor have bureaucrats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-easterly/the-rich-have-markets-the-poor-have-bureaucrats/)

[William Easterly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-easterly/)

> [There was no Marshall Plan for Harry Potter, no International Financing Facility for books about underage wizards. It is heartbreaking that global society has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-easterly/there-was-no-marshall-plan-for-harry-potter-no-international/)

[William Easterly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-easterly/)

> [To escape the cycle of tragedy, we (searchers) have to be tough on the ideas of the planners, even while we salute their goodwill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-easterly/to-escape-the-cycle-of-tragedy-we-searchers-have-to-be-tough-on-the/)

[William Easterly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-easterly/)

> [We need a revolution in development thinking and practice. Foreign aid, debt relief, family planning, democracy, education, and free markets have not succeeded.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-easterly/we-need-a-revolution-in-development-thinking-and-practice-foreign-aid/)

[William Easterly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-easterly/)

> [“Some people believe labor-saving technological change is bad for the workers because it throws them out of work. This is the Luddite fallacy, one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-easterly/some-people-believe-labor-saving-technological-change-is-bad-for-the/)

[William Easterly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-easterly/)

> [If there is one number to which the rights of millions will be happily sacrificed, it is the national GDP growth rate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-easterly/if-there-is-one-number-to-which-the-rights-of-millions-will-be/)

[William Easterly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-easterly/)

> [Economists did something even better than predict the crisis. We correctly predicted that we would not be able to predict it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-easterly/economists-did-something-even-better-than-predict-the-crisis-we/)

[William Easterly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-easterly/)

> [Peter Montiel has long set the highest standard for lucid textbooks on the macroeconomics of developing countries. Now in this new edition of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-easterly/peter-montiel-has-long-set-the-highest-standard-for-lucid-textbooks/)

[William Easterly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-easterly/)

> [“The technocratic illusion is that poverty results from a shortage of expertise, whereas poverty is really about a shortage of rights. The emphasis on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-easterly/the-technocratic-illusion-is-that-poverty-results-from-a-shortage-of/)

[William Easterly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-easterly/)

> [“Any factor that breeds polarization will worsen policy, and thus cause lower growth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-easterly/any-factor-that-breeds-polarization-will-worsen-policy-and-thus-cause/)

[William Easterly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-easterly/)

> [“Almost three billion people live on less than two dollars a day, adjusted for purchasing power.5 Eight hundred and forty million people in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-easterly/almost-three-billion-people-live-on-less-than-two-dollars-a-day/)

[William Easterly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-easterly/)

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