Left Behind: A New Economics for Neglected Places

by Paul Collier

The bestselling author of The Bottom Billion returns to examine the fate of the poorest regions of the world, some of which exist in the richest nations

Since the 1970s, the Western consensus in economic policy has been governed by the assumption that any poor area--a city, a state or even an entire country--will find a way to progress through market forces. If local economies fail to revive, and market shifts have made a location...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 154170309X
• ISBN13: 9781541703094
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 304 Pages