ARGONAUT BOOKS

To cut to the chase: this is the best book about the lives of the poor that I have read for a very, very long timeEconomistA page-turner about the micro-economics of aid policy might not sound too probable, but that's what [Banerjee and Duflo] have written, and it is a truly remarkable book . . . unmistakably contemporary, written beautifullyGuardianIt is the rich and humane portrayal of the lives of the very poor that most impresses. [The authors] show how those in poverty make sophisticated calculations in the grimmest of circumstances … Books such as these offer a better path forward...Read More