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http://www.amazon.com/Poor-Economics-Radical-Rethinking-Poverty/dp/1610390938 http://www.amazon.com/Poor-Economics-Radical-Rethinking-Pove... Would be interest
by j_s 14y ago
http://www.amazon.com/Poor-Economics-Radical-Rethinking-Poverty/dp/1610390938 http://www.amazon.com/Poor-Economics-Radical-Rethinking-Pove...
Would be interested to hear about any similar books you'd recommend.
- mooneater 14y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bottom_Billion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bottom_Billion
- mooneater 14y agohttp://www.amazon.com/The-End-Poverty-Economic-Possibilities/dp/0143036580/ http://www.amazon.com/The-End-Poverty-Economic-Possibilities...
- mooneater 14y agoPoor Economics criticizes this book (by Sachs) "who posits that poor people are poor because they are caught in one or more poverty traps" --http://www.philanthropyaction.com/articles/book_review_poor_economics http://www.philanthropyaction.com/articles/book_review_poor_...
- MarkMc 14y agoSorry I cannot recommend any other book on this topic - nothing else I have read about tackling poverty comes close to Poor Economics. By the way, Esther Duflo (co-author of the book) has a TED talk worth watching: http://www.ted.com/talks/esther_duflo_social_experiments_to_fight_poverty.html http://www.ted.com/talks/esther_duflo_social_experiments_to_...