People have continued to refer to poverty as economic deprivation.While this is true, poverty of thinking, a precursor for the economic poverty, is often overlooked.The Republic of the Poor is about the impoverishment of the thought or you may say poverty of the mind.The book uncovers the power of positive thinking in poverty eradication.It is expected that what you think or believe about the poor will be challenged consequently transforming you into looking at poverty in a new direction as well as assisting you to address your own poverty of thought, if any.