Episode
Colonialism, Slavery, and Foreign Aid (with William Easterly)
EconTalk · Dec 8, 2025 · 1 h 04 min
Can the promise of economic progress ever justify conquest, coercion, and control over other people’s lives? Economist William Easterly joins EconTalk's Russ Roberts to argue no--and to rethink what "development" really means in theory, in history, and in our politics today. Drawing on his new book, Violent Saviors: The West's Conquest of the Rest, Easterly explores how colonial powers and later…