Economics of poverty or poverty of economics? (Polemical reflections about the scientific contribution of the Nobel prize laureate's economy for 2019)
The evolution of economic concepts of combating poverty in catch-up countries starting from G. Myrdal in the 1960s is analyzed. and ending with the laureates of the prize to them. A. Nobel in Economics for 2019 - A. Banerji, E. Duflo and M. Kremer. The works of these Nobel laureates devoted to the search for new methods to increase the effectiveness of the fight against poverty consciously focus on questions not of theory but of practice, introducing experimental methods into the development economy. New Nobel laureates prove that the means to combat poverty must be sought together with the recipients of this assistance, creating effective incentives for them. The article proves that the conclusions of the “trinity of Nobel laureates are actually difficult to call revolutionary, since they develop the ideas of previous theorists (G. Myrdal, A. Sen, A. Deaton) and practitioners (M. Yunus, H. de Soto) development economies that were back in the 1960-1980s came to the conclusion that in order to effectively help the poor in the “third world it is necessary to combine macroeconomic measures with micro- and meso-economic approaches that take into account regional institutional specifics. A critical look at the achievements of the experimental development economy leads to the conclusion that the desire of the new Nobel laureates to “leave the theory actually leads to a decrease in the effectiveness of their approaches