{"product_id":"9781399811217-violent-saviors","title":"Violent Saviours","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe West, the Rest, and Capitalism Without Consent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA celebrated economist explores the relationship between liberalism and solving the problem of global poverty. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'AN INNOVATIVE AND EXHILARATING READ' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngus Deaton, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEconomic development is not really development without consent.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 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\u003cbr\u003ealleged material gains it brought to the conquered. But they overlooked the demand for self-determination - and not just relief from poverty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRenowned economist and author of \u003ci\u003eThe White Man's Burden\u003c\/i\u003e William Easterly examines how the demand for agency has always been at the heart of debates on development. Spanning four centuries of global history, Easterly argues that commerce, rather than conquest, provide equal rights as well as prosperity. Tracing the economic ideas underpinning the long debate between conquest and commerce, Easterly shows how it is the surge in global trade that has given agency to billions of people for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAsserting a new and urgent perspective on global economics, \u003ci\u003eViolent Saviours\u003c\/i\u003e shows that the demands for consent, dignity and respect must be at the centre of the global fight against poverty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55696927392118,"sku":"9781399811217","price":24.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35073151_b151fb45-9a9f-4e5d-bbb8-6db458a060e4.jpg?v=1751550656","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399811217-violent-saviors","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}