Poor Economics: Barefoot Hedge-Fund Managers, DIY Doctors and the Surprising Truth About Life on Less Than $1 a Day

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Why do the poorest people in India spend 7 percent of their food budget on sugar? Does having lots of children actually make you poorer? This eye-opening book overturns the myths about what it is like to live on very little, revealing the unexpected decisions that millions of people make every day.

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