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The persistence of poverty : why the economics of the well-off can't help the poor / Charles Karelis.

By: Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.Description: xvii, 190 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0300120907 (alk. paper)
  • 9780300120905 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 339.4/6 22
LOC classification:
  • HC79.P6 K37 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
300 - 399 Hanover Public Library Shelves 339.46 KARE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906000686965

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-182) and index.

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.

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