& Office of the Publisher
invite you to a presentation of an important Yale University Press
publication
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| (Embedded image | The Persistence of Poverty |
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| | In this important book, one of America's |
| | boldest and most original thinkers |
| | charges that conventional explanations of |
| | poverty are mistaken, and that the |
| | anti-poverty policies built upon them are |
| | doomed to fail. Using science, history, |
| | fables, philosophical analysis, and |
| | common observation, Charles Karelis |
| | engages us and takes us to a deeper grasp |
| | of the link between consumption and |
| | satisfaction?and from there to a new |
| | explanation of what keeps poor people |
| | poor. Above all, he shows how this fresh |
| | perspective can reinspire the campaign |
| | against poverty. |
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| | Finalist for the 2007 ForeWord Magazine |
| | Book of the Year Award in the Philosophy |
| | category. |
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| | For more information about the book or to |
| | order it online, please click here. |
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*PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF VENUE*
Monday, April 28, 2008
12:30 - 2:30 pm
World Bank J Building
Auditorium JB1-080
701 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC
A light lunch and book signing will follow the presentation
CHAIRED BY
Deepa Narayan
Senior Adviser, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, World
Bank
Ms. Narayan has over 25 years development experience in Asia and
Africa and has worked for NGOs, national governments and the UN
system. Her areas of expertise include participatory development
and research, community-driven development, and social capital, and
using these concepts to create wealth for the poor.
PRESENTED BY AUTHOR
Charles Karelis
Research Professor of Philosophy, The George Washington University
Formerly Professor of Philosophy at Williams College, Director of
the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, and
President of Colgate University. Mr. Karelis lives in Washington,
D.C.
DISCUSSED BY
Steven Pearlstein
Business Columnist, The Washington Post and
2008 Pulitzer Prize Winner
Mr. Pearlstein, who has been a television news reporter and
congressional staffer, began his newspaper career with reporting
jobs in New Hampshire at the Concord Monitor and Foster's Daily
Democrat. He also launched a monthly magazine of liberal opinion,
The Boston Observer. Mr. Pearlstein was recently awarded the 2008
Pulitzer Prize for his "insightful columns that explore the nation's
complex economic ills with masterful clarity".
Daniel Hardy
Division Chief, IMF Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Mr. Hardy has worked on economic policy issues in a wide range of
industrialized, emerging market, and developing countries. His
current research interests include the political economy of
regulation, and the linkage between innovation and stability in the
financial sector.
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