The persistence of poverty - Charles Karelis - książka wyd. 2007

Opis

If Karelis fails to explain the persistence of poverty, what does?  Let’s return to his six competing theories: (1) apathy, (2) fragmentation of the self (which economists might call “hyperbolic preferences”), (3) akrasia (self-control problems), (4) restricted opportunity, (5) unusual preferences, and (6) perverse policies.  How do they really hold up?(1) apathy.  I don’t see this as a conceptually independent explanation.  Outright apathy is a special case of either (a) hyperbolic preferences or (b) unusual preferences.  (Though in a way, you could call the Karelis model a kind of apathy story, since the poor are able to improve their own situation, but decide the gain is not worth the pain).  The appearance of apathy could also stem from perverse policies.