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Poor economics

Paperback • 2017 • English • 1. edition

Poor economics: barefoot hedge-fund managers, DIY doctors and the surprising : truth about life on less than $1 a day

By Banerjee, Abhijit

6 Ratings • 4.7 of 5

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About the book

Winner of the FT Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2011 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 ...Show more

Poverty and precarity
Economics

Book details

ISBN

9780718193669

Publisher

Vigmostad & Bjørke AS (VB Import)

Published year

2017

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Poor economics

Format

Paperback

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6 Ratings • 4.7 of 5

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