
16 Oct 2015
Politics
If you want to fight poverty, you have to understand it in the first place
A theory in search of evidence. These few words may summarise quite fairly the work of Angus Deaton, who this week was awarded the 2015 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences. According to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, “Deaton’s research has greatly influenced both practical policymaking and the scientific community. By emphasising the links between […]