wand3ringaround reviewed Poor Economics by Abhijit V. Banerjee
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我们的本能反应是慷慨，特别是在面对一个身陷困境的7岁小女孩时。然而，正如宾夕法尼亚大学的学生们一样，我们在重新考虑之后常常失去信心：我们捐的那点儿钱不过是沧海一粟，而且这些善款的安全性也得不到保障。
Published Sept. 18, 2011 by Public Affairs Press.
4 stars
(14 reviews)
Why would a man in Morocco who doesn't have enough to eat buy a television? Why do the poorest people in India spend 7 percent of their food budget on sugar? Does having lots of children actually make you poorer?
This eye-opening 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. Looking at some of the most paradoxical aspects of life below the poverty line - why the poor need to borrow in order to save, why incentives that seem effective to us may not be for them, and why, despite being more risk-taking than high financiers, they start businesses but rarely grow them - Banerjee and Duflo offer a new understanding of the surprising way the world really works.
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5 stars
A comprehensive study on the priorities, needs, and current challenges of the world’s poorest.
The authors combine their first-hand experience, surveys, and knowledge from previous milestone books and studies on poverty. The focus is on "the kinds of theories that help us make sense of both what the poor are able to achieve, and where and for what reason they need a push."
The lasting effects of things like a mosquito net or a child able to breastfeed was an interesting theme throughout. Poverty traps, government rules, and local mindsets are explained so that we can see other's lives from a more accurate perspective.
For every backpacker that’s visited a developing country and wondered why there are so many houses left unfinished, or have rebar sticking out of the top floor, it’s explained.
For anyone that has wondered why the poor can’t just start saving small amounts of money at …
A comprehensive study on the priorities, needs, and current challenges of the world’s poorest.
The authors combine their first-hand experience, surveys, and knowledge from previous milestone books and studies on poverty. The focus is on "the kinds of theories that help us make sense of both what the poor are able to achieve, and where and for what reason they need a push."
The lasting effects of things like a mosquito net or a child able to breastfeed was an interesting theme throughout. Poverty traps, government rules, and local mindsets are explained so that we can see other's lives from a more accurate perspective.
For every backpacker that’s visited a developing country and wondered why there are so many houses left unfinished, or have rebar sticking out of the top floor, it’s explained.
For anyone that has wondered why the poor can’t just start saving small amounts of money at their local bank, it’s explained.
Entrepreneurship, loans, micro-credits, healthcare, conveying information, schooling, insurance, and foreign intervention are some of the topics covered. This book is a positive contribution to the world.
