“Dr Kim would be the first World Bank president ever who seems to be anti-growth,” said William Easterly, professor of economics at New York University. “Even the severest of World Bank critics like me think that economic growth is what we want.”

 

By Sam Ro at Embargo Zone

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Last week, we learned President Obama had nominated Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank.

 

At issue is a book titled Dying For Growth: Global Inequality And The Health Of The Poor, reports The Financial Times‘ Robin Harding.

In order to get the gist of the book, you only need to see this one quote from the introduction:

The studies in this book present evidence that the quest for growth in GDP and corporate profits has in fact worsened the lives of millions of women and men.

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