blogs.nyu.edu - 6/12/2009
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By William Easterly
Last Friday’s post “ Poverty is not a human rights violation ” spurred a very healthy dialogue on rights, including a response from Amnesty International , which mentioned the UN Declaration of Human Rights.
I will not be a last word freak and answer Amnesty ...
blogs.nyu.edu - 6/8/2009
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By William Easterly The title of this blog
will make many think I am callous, and yet...
I definitely agree that poverty is an EXTREMELY BAD THING. Perhaps some use the words “human rights violation” to be equivalent to “extremely bad thing,” but ...
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Poverty is not a human rights violation
blogs.nyu.edu - 6/8/2009
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by Sameer Dossani, Demand Dignity Campaign Director at
Amnesty International Bill Easterly takes on Amnesty International’s 2009...
Annual Report . I know and respect Easterly’s work; I’ve even been on a few panels with him over the years on aid ...
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Amnesty International Responds to "Poverty is Not a ...
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William Easterly has a strong series of posts on his blog arguing that a dialogue in terms of rights doesn’t help the poor:
The only useful definition of human rights is one where a human rights crusader could identify WHOSE rights are being violated and WHO is the violator. …
Poverty does not fit this definition of rights. Who is depriving the poor of their right to an adequate income?
I don’t agree with Easterly’s definition of a right, but I do agree with him that rights are not enough ...
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... stimulus money at work. How much 2009 college graduates will lose from their future incomes to the taxes needed to finance Obama's deficit increases. One nutcase makes all racists look bad: "The responsible white separatist community condemns this. It makes us look bad." -- John de Nugent, acquaintance of James W. von Brunn, the Holocaust Memorial Museum shooter. [Wapo] William Easterly on the United Nations on human rights: So here’s the scorecard on ...
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