poverty

发表于 2024-07-11 something poverty roots

The United States is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, yet over 10 percent of people – nearly 40 million – live in poverty. It's something we see, s…

084 | Treeless Neighborhoods and Poverty: the Deadly Link and How to Address it

发表于 2023-01-19 treeless 084 deadly

A 2021 study of trees in America showed that poor neighborhoods had far fewer trees than wealthier ones, and that translates into higher temperatures, poorer ai…

Can transforming neighborhoods help kids escape poverty?

发表于 2026-01-29 neighborhoods escape vi

In the 1990s, Congress created HOPE VI, a program that demolished old public housing projects and replaced them with more up-to-date ones. But the program went …

Bob Lucas on Growth, Poverty and Business Cycles

发表于 2007-02-05 lucas bob cycles

Bob Lucas, Nobel Laureate and professor of economics at the University of Chicago talks about wealth and poverty, what affects living standards around the world…

William Easterly on Growth, Poverty, and Aid

发表于 2008-02-11 escape poverty william

William Easterly of NYU talks about why some nations escape poverty while others do not, why aid almost always fails to create growth, and what can realisticall…

Karol Boudreaux on Wildlife, Property, and Poverty in Africa

发表于 2008-09-22 karol boudreaux poverty

Karol Boudreaux, Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about wildlife management in Af…

Arnold Kling on Prosperity, Poverty, and Economics 2.0

发表于 2009-12-14 discusses prosperity poverty

Arnold Kling of EconLog and the author (with Nick Schulz) of From Poverty to Prosperity: Intangible Assets, Hidden Liabilities and the Lasting Triumph over Scar…

Robert Townsend on Development, Poverty, and Financial Institutions

发表于 2011-03-14 townsend accumulation poverty

Robert Townsend of MIT and the Consortium on Financial Systems and Poverty talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about development and the role of financial ins…

Michael Munger on Microfinance, Savings, and Poverty

发表于 2011-04-18 counterintuitive microfinance poverty

Mike Munger of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about microfinance. Munger argues that cultural forces make it difficult for some families …

Abhijit Banerjee on Poverty and Poor Economics

发表于 2011-07-11 abhijit banerjee authored

Abhijit Banerjee of MIT talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Banerjee's book (co-authored with Esther Duflo), Poor Economics. The conversation begins wit…