The Global Economy and Development program at Brookings hosted the third meeting of its <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/legacy/440025AC-504F-4CF2-9D42-05A6D7C9EA74">Global Young Professionals Program</a> on June 5. The briefing brought together over 90 young professionals—the next generation of leaders working in the fields of global economics and development. The breakfast featured William Easterly, distinguished economist and development expert, who presented on <i>6.7 Billion Secrets of Development</i> which brought to light the failure of many development “experts” to inspire economic growth and promoted social entrepreneurship and bottom-up development as a means to successful growth creation.