of Friedrich Nietzsche, that ties poverty and inequality to unethical behavior of the strong toward the weak. The paper … contributes to an understanding of why poverty and inequality have remained entrenched in some societies in spite of repeated …

a theory of justice accommodating norms of individual responsibility. I propose and axiomatically characterize a family …Poverty-reducing policies ought to prioritize the "deserving" poor, that is, those who do all that can be reasonably … of poverty indices that address these issues. Formally, poverty is measured by the sum of specific indices of individual …

poverty damages the ability to exercise self-control. Our theory invokes George Ainslie's notion of "personal rules …The absence of self-control is often viewed as an important correlate of persistent poverty. Using a standard … assets above which personal rules support unbounded accumulation, and a second threshold below which there is a "poverty trap …

a theory of justice accommodating norms of individual responsibility. I propose and axiomatically characterize a family …Poverty-reducing policies ought to prioritize the "deserving" poor, that is, those who do all that can be reasonably … of poverty indices that address these issues. Formally, poverty is measured by the sum of specific indices of individual …

poverty damages the ability to exercise self-control. Our theory invokes George Ainslie's notion of "personal rules …The absence of self-control is often viewed as an important correlate of persistent poverty. Using a standard … assets above which personal rules support unbounded accumulation, and a second threshold below which there is a "poverty trap …

knowledge. This simple idea can inform cross-country income differences, international trade patterns, poverty traps, and price …