''The Poor Pay More'' is a 1967 book published by David Caplovitz. It is a sociology study of what could be called the "

poverty penalty The poverty penalty describes the phenomenon that poor people tend to pay more to eat, buy, and borrow than the rich. The term became widely known through a 2005 book by C. K. Prahalad, ''The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid''. An earlier explo ...

", which is a concept that poor people pay more for the same goods and services as people with more money do.

Esther Peterson Esther Eggertsen Peterson (December 9, 1906 – December 20, 1997) was an American consumer and women's advocate. Background The daughter of Danish immigrants, Esther Eggertsen grew up in a Mormon family in Provo, Utah. She graduated from Brig ...

cited the book as being important for understanding contemporary consumer problems. In 2010 a researcher cited the book as still being relevant.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Poor Pay More Works about consumer protection Works about business American non-fiction books Books about poverty 1967 non-fiction books