The persistence of poverty why the economics of the well-off can't help the poor
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press
2007
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| Acceso en línea: | Sumario |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991004014559708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- What poverty is
- Behavioral factors in poverty
- Some theories
- A closer look at the inefficiency argument
- Appendix. Using indifference curves to identify utility-maximizing allocations
- A new way to rationalize the conduct that prolongs and worsens poverty
- Appendix. Further exploration through graphical analysis
- Responses to challenges and questions
- Appendix. The case of Alfred Marshall
- Policy: what should we do differently if we believe that marginal utility is increasing amid scarcity?
- Economic justice reconsidered.
