Between Altruism and the Market: an Economist’s View of the Fight Against Poverty

It is no easy task to conclude this special issue of FACTS Reports, given the sheer breadth and diversity of the analyses it contains. One would need in-depth knowledge of a whole range of fields – anthropology, sociology, history, law, management, economics – to adequately identify all of the lessons that can be drawn from these papers. Let me, then, stay with my own field of competence, and offer a conclusion from the standpoint of an economist.The fight against poverty is, admittedly, an a...