10/01/2012

Poor Economics

Today we feature Poor Economics, a book and website, dedicated to fighting global poverty.  Here is some information from the website.

Radically rethinking the way we fight poverty.

Why would a man in Morocco who doesn’t have enough to eat buy a television? Why is it so hard
for children in poor areas to learn, even when they attend school? Does having
lots of children actually make you poorer? Answering questions like these is
critical if we want to have a chance to really make a dent against global
poverty. Based on our work and that of many others, we try to do that in our book. Read more.

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