Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty September 12, 2011

Listed as one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world, Esther Duflo discusses her work on economics and the Jameel Poverty Action Lab. A Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at MIT, Duflo has won numerous academic honors for her research, including the John Bates Clark Medal and a MacArthur Fellowship.