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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Lamps: The United States should greatly expand foreign aid spending

Lamps: The United States should greatly expand foreign aid spending

December 4, 2015

In the United States, the federal government spends the majority of its money on social programs like welfare, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. As a result, our absolute poverty rate has dramatically...

New York University economics Prof. William Easterly gives a talk at Harris Hall on Thursday night. The lecture, part of the One Book One Northwestern program, discussed the problems with the organization of economic development around the world.

Economist, author talks international development, aid policies

May 22, 2014

An economist and author spoke Wednesday on human rights and foreign aid in a talk titled, “The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor,” based on his book of...

Global Paradigm Project: Cultural norms need to be considered in foreign aid

February 8, 2013

“You can put a condom on an erect penis, but you can’t put a condom on your heart.” That was Avril Thomas’s justification for refusing more than $300,000 in U.S. funding for her non-profit Living...

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