Why do the poor borrow to save? Why do they miss out on free life-saving immunizations, but pay for unnecessary drugs? In "Poor Economics," Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, two practical visionaries working toward ending world poverty, answer these questions from the ground. In a book the "Wall Street Journal" called "marvelous, rewarding," the authors tell how the stress of living on less than 99 cents per day encourages the poor to make questionable decisions that feed--not fight--poverty. The result is a radical rethinking of the economics of poverty that offers a ringside view of the lives of the world's poorest, and shows that creating a world without poverty begins with understanding the daily decisions facing the poor.
作者：（印度）阿比吉特•班纳吉(Abhijit V.Banerjee) （法国）埃斯特•迪弗洛(Esther Duflo) 译者：景芳
阿比吉特•班纳吉(Abhijit V.Banerjee)，美国麻省理工学院福特基金会国际经济学教授。曾就读于印度加尔各答大学、贾瓦哈拉尔•尼赫鲁大学及美国哈佛大学；曾任发展经济学分析研究局局长、美国艺术科学研究院及计量经济学会研究员、古根海姆基金会及艾尔弗雷德•斯隆基金会研究员。获2009年度印孚瑟斯（Infosys）奖等多个奖项，曾任世界银行和印度政府等多家组织机构荣誉顾问。
埃斯特•迪弗洛(Esther Duflo)，美国麻省理工学院经济系阿卜杜勒•拉蒂夫•贾米尔扶贫与发展经济学教授；曾就读于法国巴黎高等师范学院和美国麻省理工学院；获大量荣誉：2010年度约翰•贝茨•克拉克奖，2009年度麦克阿瑟“天才”奖学金，...