19 October 2016
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Peter Singer (Princeton University, The Most Good You Can Do) and William Easterly (The White Man's Burden, NYU,
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- Bill’s book, “The White Man’s Burden”
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- GiveWell.net
- The Good Intentions Are Not Enough blog
- Aid Watch on the Skip1.org ad
- USA Today on USAID in Afghanistan
- Bill on The Hunger Project
- NYT on microcredit
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