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The End of Poverty
by Jeffrey D. Sachs
Sachs's case that extreme poverty can be ended by 2025 with targeted investment: clinical economics, the poverty trap. Optimistic, criticized, influential.
Read it if…
you want the hopeful blueprint.
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Skip it if…
you want skepticism; see Easterly.
Try instead: Common Wealth →
Three things you will actually use
- Poverty traps are escapable.
- Diagnose like a doctor.
- Scale what works.
Do this first
Read the chapter on clinical economics.
Our verdict
Sachs's blueprint.
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