Fighting Global Poverty




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ClassGraphic Why do the world’s poor borrow to save? Why do they miss out on free lifesaving immunizations but pay for unnecessary drugs? Why do poor children not achieve academically? In Poor Economics A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty (Public Affairs, 2025), Nobel Prize-Winning MIT Professors Abhijit Banerjee and Ester Duflo answer these questions based on years of global field research. They investigate what the lives and choices of the poor tell us about fighting global poverty. While the principal source of the course discussion will be the newly revised and updated version of their Poor Economics book, we will also use source materials available through the free course on Poor Economics the authors provide online through MIT, where they teach. Join us as we look at this fascinating research  
 

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14 Session(s)
Weekly - Wed

Location
Wieboldt Hall

Instructor
Multiple

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$0.00

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Schedule Information

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s)
3/4/2026 - 6/3/2026 Weekly - Wed 01:15 PM - 03:15 PM Chicago, Wieboldt Hall  Map Joe Hinkel  ; Dixie Johnson 

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