CSPAN2 Book Discussion On The Tyranny Of Experts July 6, 2014
Im going to talk today about something that has unconsciously and indirectly led to a tyranny of experts. Lets call it the technocratic approach to Economic Development. Its the idea that poverty is really just a set of technical robs, so that, for example problems, so that, for example, for malaria theres a variety of Technical Solutions. One of them involves spraying a chemical on the walls of peoples houses, on the inside walls of peoples houses to kill mosquitoes that carry malaria. Thats a technical solution. Another technical solution might be to convert land to higher valueses like from...