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Episode · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2023-01-11

Steve Levitt & Dambisa Moyo: books mentioned on People I (Mostly) Admire #30

Dambisa Moyo Says Foreign Aid Can’t Solve Problems, but Maybe Corporations Can | Episode 30

2 books · With Dambisa Moyo · Watch on YouTube

Steve Levitt discussed Dead aid by Dambisa Moyo and How Boards Work by Dambisa Moyo.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Dead aid

    Dambisa Moyo · at 1:04 · mentioned 2 times

    Discussed
    “Bill Gates vehemently disagreed when her book Dead Aid came out laying out her arguments on the topic. Gates described the book as promoting evil”
    Steve Levitt Dambisa Moyo Says Foreign Aid Can’t Solve Problems, but Maybe Corporat… 2023-01-11 Listen at 1:04
    Where to get it
    Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon

  2. How Boards Work

    Dambisa Moyo · at 22:21

    Discussed
    “so your most recent book just out is called how boards work and it's about corporate boards and it's very different from dead Aid in at least two ways”
    Steve Levitt Dambisa Moyo Says Foreign Aid Can’t Solve Problems, but Maybe Corporat… 2023-01-11 Listen at 22:21
    Where to get it
    Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Dead aid
“so your most recent book just out is called how boards work and it's about corporate boards and it's very different from dead Aid in at least two ways”
Steve Levitt Dambisa Moyo Says Foreign Aid Can’t Solve Problems, but Maybe Corporat… 2023-01-11 Listen at 22:21
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