The Brian Lehrer Show

A Poor Subsitute

Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Indian economist C.K. Prahalad thinks he has found a cure for poverty: rather than viewing the world’s poor as victims, we ought to treat them as entrepreneurs and consumers. He calls his theory the "Bottom of the Pyramid."

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Bottoms Up

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Trials and Tribulations

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