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Poor Economics
Challenging conventional wisdom, this episode unpacks 'Poor Economics' to reveal poverty not as a simple lack, but as a complex system of rational choices made under extreme constraint. We explore how micro-decisions, behavioral nudges, and respect for agency offer more effective, dignified solutions than broad, top-down approaches.
“Challenging conventional wisdom, this episode unpacks 'Poor Economics' to reveal poverty not as a simple lack, but as a complex system of rational choices made under extreme constraint. We explore how micro-decisions, behavioral nudges, and respect for agency offer more effective, dignified solutions than broad, top-down approaches.”
— Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, Poor Economics
poverty, development economics, behavioral economics
Best suited to listeners who want a clearer working understanding of poverty, development economics, behavioral economics and better judgment in how they apply it.
Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo brings a credible and useful lens to poverty, development economics, behavioral economics, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.