Poor Economics
Type: Book
As of November 2026, Poor Economics has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Ezra Klein Show (Dec 2025).
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty (2011) is a non-fiction book by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, both professors of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureates. The book reports on the effectiveness of solutions to global poverty using an evidence-based randomized control trial approach. It won the 2011 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Dec 2025 on The Ezra Klein Show |
| Author | Abhijit Banerjee |
| Published | 2011 |
| Publisher | Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing |
| Subjects | Economic assistance, Poverty, Prevention |
| ISBN | 9781611747515 |
| Genre | Economic assistance, Poverty, Prevention |
Who talks about Poor Economics on podcasts?
Poor Economics came up; the most recent mention was Dec 2025 on The Ezra Klein Show.
What is Poor Economics mentioned alongside?
Poor Economics is most often mentioned alongside Randomized controlled trial (RCT), Democratic Republic of the Congo and supermobile.com.
Mentioned together: Randomized controlled trial (RCT), Democratic Republic of the Congo, supermobile.com, United States (US), givewell.org, UCLA Speed Test, T-Mobile, Doctors Without Borders, New York Times Opinion, Nick Kristof