Ph.D. 1985, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Economics
B.A. 1979, Bowling Green State University, Economics and Mathematics
William Easterly
Professor Of Economics
Long-run Growth and Development
Political Economy
Associate editor of the Journal of Development Economics and a founding editor of the Journal of Economics and Growth of Developing Areas.
Department of Social & Cultural Analysis
The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics (MIT Press, 2001).
“Africa’ s Growth Tragedy: Policies and Ethnic Divisions”, The Quarterly Journal of Economics.
“Public Goods and Ethnic Divisions”, The Quarterly Journal of Economics.
' The White Man’s Burden: How the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good (Penguin, 2006)
“Africa’ s Growth Tragedy: Policies and Ethnic Divisions”, The Quarterly Journal of Economics.
“Public Goods and Ethnic Divisions”, The Quarterly Journal of Economics.
' The White Man’s Burden: How the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good (Penguin, 2006)
Contact Information
William Easterly
Professor Of Economics william.easterly@nyu.edu Department of EconomicsNew York University
19 W. 4th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 992-8684