The Reading
Who is the author of The Tyranny of Experts?
A. Ghita Chraibi
B. William Easterly
C. Jim Ryan
D. Drake
B. William Easterly
What is "brain drain"?
A. A disease affecting doctors
B. Educated workers leaving their home country for opportunities elsewhere
C. A government program
B. Educated workers leaving their home country for opportunities elsewhere
T or F: Easterly believes people belong to their country.
False
If you were offered a job that doubled your salary in another country, would you move? Why?
No wrong answers!
According to Easterly, development usually focuses on...
A. Individual happiness
B. National growth and countries
C. Education
D. Technology
B. National growth and countries
Why do people usually migrate accordingly to Easterly?
A. Better opportunities and higher wages
B. To avoid paying taxes
C. Because governments forced them
A. Better opportunities and higher wages
According to Easterly, who should be the main focus of development?
A. Governments
B. National GDP
C. Individual people
D. International organizations
C. Individual people
Should governments try to stop doctors from leaving poor countries?
No wrong answer.
What does Easterly think should be the main focus of development?
A. Governments
B. GDP
C. Individual people and their rights
D. Foreign aid
C. Individual people and their rights
Which of the following is one benefit of migration that has Easterly mentions?
A. Remittances sent home to families
B. Better job opportunities
C. Greater individual freedom
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
Estherly argues that development should ask which question
A. "How can countries become richer?"
B. How can individual people improve their lives?"
C. "How can we increase exports?"
B. How can individual people improve their lives?"
Do you agree with Easterly's main argument? Why or Why not?
No wrong answer.