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Poor Economics The Surprising Truth about Life on Less Than $1 a Day

Paperback • 2025 • English

Poor Economics The Surprising Truth about Life on Less Than $1 a Day

By Abhijit V. Banerjee

2 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

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 t...Show more

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ISBN

9781837312405

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group

Published year

2025

Language

English

Original title

Poor Economics The Surprising Truth about Life on Less Than $1 a Day

Format

Paperback

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