Violent Saviors: The West's Conquest of the Rest by Easterly, William

Violent Saviors: The West's Conquest of the Rest

A celebrated economist argues that economic development is not really development unless everyone has the right to...
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Author: William Easterly
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Violent Saviors: The West's Conquest of the Rest by Easterly, William

Violent Saviors: The West's Conquest of the Rest

$51.97

Violent Saviors: The West's Conquest of the Rest

$51.97
Author: William Easterly
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
A celebrated economist argues that economic development is not really development unless everyone has the right to consent to their own progress

"An innovative and exhilarating read."--Angus Deaton, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics

For centuries, the developed Western world has exploited the less-developed "Rest" in the name of progress, conquering the Americas, driving the Atlantic slave trade, and colonizing Africa and Asia. Throughout, the West has justified this global conquest by the alleged material gains it brought to the conquered. But the colonial experiment unintentionally revealed how much of a demand there was for self-determination, and not just for relief from poverty.

In Violent Saviors, renowned economist William Easterly examines how the demand for agency has always been at the heart of debates on development. Spanning nearly four centuries of global history, Easterly argues that commerce, rather than conquest, could meet the need for equal rights as well as the need for prosperity. Looking to the liberal economic ideas of thinkers like Adam Smith, Milton Friedman, and Amartya Sen, Easterly shows how the surge in global trade has given agency to billions of people for the first time.

Narrating the long debate between conquest and commerce, Easterly offers a new and urgent perspective on global economics: the demands for agency, dignity, and respect must be at the center of the global fight against poverty.

Author: William Easterly
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 11/04/2025
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781541675759


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2025

About the Author
William Easterly is a professor of economics at New York University and codirector of the NYU Development Research Institute. He is the author of four books, including The Tyranny of Experts and The White Man's Burden. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Financial Times. He lives in New York.


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