Poor Economics A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

Name: Poor Economics A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
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ISBN: 9781610390934

ISBN-10: 1610390938

ISBN-13: 9781610390934

Edition: 2012

Authors: Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo

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Why do the poor borrow to save? Why do they miss out on free life-saving immunizations, but pay for unnecessary drugs? InPoor Economics, Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, two practical visionaries working toward ending world poverty, answer these questions from the ground. In a book theWall Street Journalcalled “marvelous, rewarding,” the authors tell how the stress of living on less than 99 cents per day encourages the poor to make questionable decisions that feed—not fight—poverty. The result is a radical rethinking of the economics of poverty that offers a ringside view of the lives of the world’s poorest, and shows that creating a world without poverty begins with understanding the…

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List price: $23.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 3/27/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



Foreword



Think Again, Again



Private Lives



A Billion Hungry People?



Low-Hanging Fruit for Better (Global) Health?



Top of the Class



PakSudarno's Big Family



Institutions



Barefoot Hedge-Fund Managers



The Men from Kabul and the Eunuchs of India: The (Not So) Simple Economics of Lending to the Poor



Saving Brick by Brick



Reluctant Entrepreneurs



Policies, Politics


In Place of a Sweeping Conclusion


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index