Poor Economics
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Poor Economics
Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo
6 people recommended it in 5 threads, 2011–2023.
What people on Hacker News said
Banerjee and Duflo give a gripping portrait of how poor people live. They offer an insight in the choices and decisions people make surviving on less than 1 USD a day (corrected for purchasing power). It made me completely rethink my own view on poverty and development aid; stressing even more that in order to help one need to have a complete understanding of the individual's situation and the local boundary conditions.
Poor Economics is a book in a similar vein that talks about how policies that sound like they would be effective can backfire. (I am a software engineer and found both of these books approachable and interesting.)
Poor Economics - Changed my views on some areas of how to combat poverty and poor education. As well as relating a huge amount a detail regarding the unexpected ways people with different backgrounds behave.
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: What are your favorite books? I'm bored 2014 · 2 recommendations
- Ask HN: Books you read in 2023 and recommend for 2024? 2023 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Books you read in 2022 and recommend for 2023 2022 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Which book can attract anyone towards your field of study? 2022 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Best book you read in 2011 2011 · 1 recommendation