Poor economics :
Banerjee, Abhijit V., 1961-,
Poor economics : barefoot hedge-fund managers, DIY doctors and the surprising truth about life on less than $1 a day / Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo. - London : Penguin Books, 2012. - xi, 303 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Originally published: New York: PublicAffairs, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why would a man in Morocco who doesn't have enough to eat buy a television? Does having lots of children actually make you poorer? This 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.
FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2011
9780718193669 (pbk.) : £9.99
Economic assistance--Developing countries.
Poverty--Prevention.
Economics.
HC59.7 / .B323 2012
339.46091724
Poor economics : barefoot hedge-fund managers, DIY doctors and the surprising truth about life on less than $1 a day / Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo. - London : Penguin Books, 2012. - xi, 303 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Originally published: New York: PublicAffairs, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why would a man in Morocco who doesn't have enough to eat buy a television? Does having lots of children actually make you poorer? This 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.
FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2011
9780718193669 (pbk.) : £9.99
Economic assistance--Developing countries.
Poverty--Prevention.
Economics.
HC59.7 / .B323 2012
339.46091724