Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Zimbabwe and Palestine are worlds apart, but they have something in common: each is confronting an economic tailspin. Is it possible to help the people of a country while not propping up a government whose foreign policy is disagreeable? Hear two unique views on what role American and the world community plays when crisis threatens.
Guests
- William Easterly Economics Professor and Co-director of The Development Research Institute, New York University; Visiting Fellow in Global Economy and Development at The Brookings Institution; and author of "The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good"
- John Perkins Author of "The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption" (Dutton/Penguin); and author of "Confessions of an Economic Hit Men"
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