{"product_id":"poor-economics-a-radical-rethinking-of-the-way-to-fight-global-poverty-paperback","title":"Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAbhijit V. Banerjee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEsther Duflo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this new edition of their classic work, the winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics upend the most common assumptions about how economics works, providing a \"rich and humane\" (\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e) examination of how poor people actually live\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Why do the poor borrow to save? Why do they miss out on free lifesaving immunizations but pay for unnecessary drugs? Why do children from poor families attend school but fail to learn anything? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003ePoor Economics\u003c\/i\u003e, Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, two Nobel Prize-winning MIT professors, answer these questions based on years of field research from around the world. Together, they investigate what the lives and choices of the poor tell us about how to fight global poverty, from why microfinance is useful without being the miracle some hoped it would be to why the poor don't want health insurance. Throughout, they reveal that even as many magic bullets of yesterday have ended up as today's failed ideas, there is a path forward through this challenge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Updated with significant new material based on insights from the last decade of research, \u003ci\u003ePoor Economics\u003c\/i\u003e is a radical and hopeful rethinking of the economics of poverty and an intimate view of the life of the poor around the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbhijit V. Banerje\u003c\/b\u003ee is the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEsther Duflo\u003c\/b\u003e is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Together, they are the winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics and coauthors of \u003ci\u003eGood Economics for Hard Times\u003c\/i\u003e. They have contributed to outlets as varied as \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR's \u003ci\u003ePlanet Money\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEconometrica\u003c\/i\u003e, among others, and are frequent contributors to the French and Indian press.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.12 x 8.18 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45585189371948,"sku":"9781541706187","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/lyOHtzgrM99781541706187.webp?v=1780282219","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/poor-economics-a-radical-rethinking-of-the-way-to-fight-global-poverty-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}