Equality, the Third World, and Economic Delusion

by P.T. Bauer and P.T. Bauer

Book Overview

Even in impoverished countries lacking material and human resources, P. T. Bauer argues, economic growth is possible under the right conditions. These include a certain amount of thrift and enterprise among the people, social mores and traditions which sustain them, and a firm but limited government which permits market forces to work. Challenging many views about development that are widely held, Bauer takes on squarely the notion that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674259866
• ISBN13: 9780674259867
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Essential

If you need a primer on foreign aid this is the book for you. Bauer's critique of egalitarians is scathing and effective.

equality, the third world and economic delusion

this is a gem, and absolute classic. Chapter 1, entitled "The Grail of Equality" is alone worth the cost of the book. Peter Bauer is an excellent writer and his exposure of the foreign aid mess is a salutary lesson on the incompetence of governments to end poverty. Buy this book as soon as you can.