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Poor Economics: The Surprising Truth about Life on Less Than $1 a Day by Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo (Paperback, 2012)
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An eye-opening investigation into life below the poverty line that turns received thinking on its head Winner of the FT Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2011 Why would a man in Morocco who doesn't have enough to eat buy a television? Why do the poorest people in India spend 7 percent of their food budget on sugar? Does having lots of children actually make you poorer? This eye-opening book overturns the myths about what it is like to live on very little, revealing the unexpected decisions that millions of people make every day. Looking at some of the most paradoxical aspects of life below the poverty line - why the poor need to borrow in order to save, why incentives that seem effective to us may not be for them, and why, despite being more risk-taking than high financiers, they start businesses but rarely grow them - Banerjee and Duflo offer a new understanding of the surprising way the world really works.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780718193669
eBay Product ID (ePID)112318511
Product Key Features
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePoor Economics: the Surprising Truth about Life on Less than $1 a Day
Publication Year2012
SubjectEconomics
TypeTextbook
AuthorAbhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo
Subject AreaEconomic Sociology
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight236 g
Item Width129 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorEsther Duflo, Abhijit V. Banerjee
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- 08 Mar, 2017
Excellent book
Complicated subject explained well with unexpected insights into people's behaviour. Frequently not what you would expect at all and showing that decisions made regarding aid and development need really deep understanding to get it rightVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 30 Dec, 2017
A definite must read
This book will join others in our Green Party library for others of like mind to borrowVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 11 Dec, 2019
Thought provoking read
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