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

内容简介

Whydothepoorborrowtosave?Whydotheymissoutonfreelife-savingimmunizations,butpayforunnecessarydrugs?In"PoorEconomics,"AbhijitV.BanerjeeandEstherDuflo,twopracticalvisionariesworkingtowardendingworldpoverty,answerthesequestionsfromtheground.Inabookthe"WallStreetJournal"called"marvelous,rewarding,"theauthorstellhowthestressoflivingonlessthan99centsperdayencouragesthepoortomakequestionabledecisionsthatfeed--notfight--poverty.Theresultisaradicalrethinkingoftheeconomicsofpovertythatoffersaringsideviewofthelivesoftheworld'spoorest,andshowsthatcreatingaworldwithoutpovertybeginswithunderstandingthedailydecisionsfacingthepoor.

作者简介

AbhijitVBanerjeewaseducatedinKolkata,DelhiandCambridge,Massachusetts.HeiscurrentlytheFordFoundationInternationalProfessorofEconomicsatMIT.Heistherecipientofmanyhonoursandawards,andhasbeenanhonouraryadvisortomanyorganisationsincludingtheWorldBankandtheGovernmentofIndia.EstherDufloistheAbdulLatifJameelProfessorofPovertyAlleviationandDevelopmentEconomicsatMIT.ShestudiedattheEcoleNormaleSuperieureinParis,andatMIT,andistherecipientofseveralimportantawardsincludingaMacArthur"Genius"award(2009)andtheJohnBatesClarkmedalawardedannuallytothebestAmericaneconomistunder40(2010).In2003,Banerjee&Dufloco-foundedtheAbdulLatifJameelPovertyActionLab(J-PAL),whichtheycontinuetodirect.

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