{"product_id":"violent-saviours-the-west-the-rest-and-capitalism-without-consent-9781399811224","title":"Violent Saviours: The West, the Rest, and Capitalism Without Consent","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA celebrated economist explores the relationship between liberalism and solving the problem of global poverty.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'AN INNOVATIVE AND EXHILARATING READ' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngus Deaton, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEconomic development is not really development without consent.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ealleged material gains it brought to the conquered. But they overlooked the demand for self-determination - and not just relief from poverty.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781399811224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 17 Feb 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: John Murray Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.2(H)x15.4(L)x4(W)540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 540\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eWilliam Easterly is a professor of economics at New York University and codirector of the NYU Development Research Institute. He is the author of four books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Tyranny of Experts \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe White Man's Burden\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cb\u003e Powerful \u003c\/b\u003e -- Financial Times, Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003eEasterly's deep scholarship brings the story to life, celebrating the few who saw clearly, some familiar, many not. \u003cb\u003eAn innovative and exhilarating read\u003c\/b\u003e -- Angus Deaton, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou must read \u003ci\u003eViolent Saviours\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e -- Stephen Haber, Stanford University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEasterly has done it again, sharply revising what we thought we knew, but didn't. \u003c\/b\u003eHe shows us the startling unity among tyrannies we imagined were distinct. \u003cb\u003eA triumph of liberal thought\u003c\/b\u003e -- Deirdre McCloskey, Cato Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eViolent Saviors\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003eBill Easterly's masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e. It brilliantly weaves together the self-serving and arrogant histories of the conquests, enslavements and destructive 'assistance' the West has imposed on the Rest, showing the common patronizing thread that connects them and tracing all these hideous histories to the philosophies that justified them, which Easterly masterfully dissects -- Charles Calomiris, Columbia Business School\u003cbr\u003eA nicely contrarian work of interest to aid organizations and policymakers everywhere * Kirkus *","brand":"William Easterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48852124926169,"sku":"9781399811224","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781399811224.jpg?v=1782390723","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/violent-saviours-the-west-the-rest-and-capitalism-without-consent-9781399811224","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}