Poverty Traps |
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| Editor:
| Bowles, Samuel
Durlauf, Steven N.
Hoff, Karla |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-17093-0 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2016 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $44.99 |
Book Description:
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Much popular belief--and public policy--rests on the idea that those born into poverty have it in their power to escape. But the persistence of poverty and ever-growing economic inequality around the world have led many economists to seriously question the model of individual economic self-determination when it comes to the poor. In Poverty Traps,
Much popular belief--and public policy--rests on the idea that those born into poverty have it in their power to escape. But the persistence of poverty and ever-growing economic inequality around the world have led many economists to seriously question the model of individual economic self-determination when it comes to the poor. In Poverty Traps,