This article reviews Lauchlin Currie´s ideas on poverty and income distribution. Currie was an economist who spent a lot of his time analyzing economic and social problems in Colombia. His work was dedicated to suggest different solutions to these problems. Currie´s suggested solutions to overcome poverty were characterized writings contributed to an interesting discussion about inequality among countries. This article focuses in these two aspects of Currie´s work.El objetivo de este artículo es analizar el pensamiento de Lauchlin Currie acerca de la pobreza y la distribución del ingreso. Currie fue un economista colombiano que dedicó buena parte de su tiempo al análisis de los problemas sociales y económicos de Colombia, ofreció numerosas ...