The Persistence of Poverty: Why the Economics of the Well-off Can't Help the Poor Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Persistence of Poverty: Why the Economics of the Well-off Can't Help the Poor Book

In this important book, one of our boldest and most original thinkers charges that conventional explanations of poverty are mistaken, and that the anti-poverty policies built upon them are doomed to fail. Using science, history, fables, philosophical analysis, and common observation, Charles Karelis engages us and takes us to a deeper grasp of the link between consumption and satisfaction—and from there to a new and persuasive explanation of what keeps poor people poor. Above all, he shows how this fresh perspective can reinspire the long-stalled campaign against poverty.Read More

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  • 0300120907
  • 9780300120905
  • C Karelis
  • 24 July 2007
  • Yale University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 208
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