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Early exposure to Africa sparked Easterly’s interest in economics.
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Pete Peterson is a clear example of realizing the American Dream.
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I don’t think things work that way, Easterly says.
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The West has been able to put the individual above the collective.
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The West, Easterly says, can’t do much to solve the conflict.
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Our prescriptions contradict our own path to success.
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Individual creativity and freedom is the mainspring of all human progress.
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Africa is on a growth path, Easterly says.
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It’s going to be Africans that save Africa.
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Africa hasn’t done so bad for a continent created under such inauspicious conditions.
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“Economics says there’s this genius of the invisible hand that makes wealth happen without anyone intending it.”
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Let African farmers sell their cotton on an open market.
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Technology is very seductive to a lot of people, Easterly says.
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The tension between collective and independent action has shaped both the developing and developed worlds.
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Artists have the most solitary and social interconnected existence.
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In helping people, it is important to respect their autonomy.
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The end of poverty is achieved through homegrown free markets.
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You got to do it, so why can’t we?
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Easterly would like to see good intentions plus results, not just intentions.
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Can — and should — local culture be preserved?
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Can people of different cultures coexist?
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