{"product_id":"poverty-and-progress-deepak-lal-9781938048845","title":"Poverty and Progress: Realities and Myths about Global Poverty","description":"The greatest reduction in mass poverty in human history has occurred during the current era of globalization. The world's poor are now catching up with the rich at a rapid pace in terms of human well-being--health, education, and life span. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on 50 years of experience around the globe, renowned development economist Deepak Lal describes developing country realities and refutes misguided notions about economic progress, including World Bank calculations that exaggerate the extent of poverty, overstated claims made on behalf of microfinance, the resurrection of discredited theories such as vicious circles of poverty, and the need for massive foreign aid to save Africa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLal also examines Western proposals to deal with climate change and concludes that they pose a great potential threat to the world's poor. Fortunately, liberalization in poor countries makes them less likely to be swayed by the intellectual fads of the West, so that classical liberal economic policies will continue to be the source of progress in the developing world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deepak Lal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1938048849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938048845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cato Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Deepak Lal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075175248127,"sku":"9781938048845","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2cf818da-f74c-4f30-a38f-e68ee1509836.jpg?v=1685458038","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/poverty-and-progress-deepak-lal-9781938048845","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}