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Our intention is to encourage readers to adopt the principle CONTINUOUS LEARNING as a major influence of their lives! We will also promote the habit of asking WHY and HOW, and of sharing the answers with all! Our basic philosophy is, of course, "EACH ONE, TEACH ONE"!
This is a course for those who are interested in the challenge posed by massive and persistent world poverty, and are hopeful that economists might have something useful to say about this challenge. The questions we will take up include: Is extreme poverty a thing of the past? What is economic life like when living under a dollar per day? Why do some countries grow fast and others fall further behind? Does growth help the poor? Are famines unavoidable? How can we end child labor—or should ...
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