《Poor Economics》读后感摘抄( 三 ) Poor|Economics|读后感

但是作者提到，虽然不能用激进的革命，但是可以采用温和的革命。
《Poor Economics》读后感(五)：Fear of Poverty Trap
这本书属于宏观经济学数目，更多地是为公共政策决定者建言献策。而我读这本书，则没有这么宏观的动机和远大的理想，更多地是出于对贫困的恐惧和寻求拜托贫穷的方法。
I would be too selfish if I conclude myself as being poor compared to the vast true poor families. However, I was born poor which resulted in a long-lasting fear of poverty.
During the first chapters, the authors explored three possible poverty traps: food, healthcare, and education. The two biggest takeaways as an individual are that human beings have their natural weaknesses and the poor need to trump these weaknesses better than the rich so that they could have a chance to win. Also, I should have not been too proud of being me today. I did work hard and earned this, but I am also a boat rising with the higher tide. There is a minor hope for the poor though. The problems afflict everyone including the rich. If it is a game, there will be some rich people losing and making room for climbers.
A citation here: "The poor seem to be trapped by the same kinds of problems that afflict the rest of us - lack of information, weak beliefs, and procrastination among them. It is sure that we who are not poor are somewhat better educated and informed, but the difference is small because, in the end, we actually know very little, and almost surely less than we imagine". "In other words, we rarely need to draw upon our limited endowment of self-control and decisiveness, while the poor are constantly being required to do so."
这三章我觉得是关键。后面我正在读。读到family这一章时，我对其中的只言片语特别是ABCD等各种防治HIV的措施在不同的女校造成的不同的影响会心一笑。但也对其中提到的family-decision making out of norms and social expectations 表示警惕。我想通过科技的进步，也许可以改善这个问题。