Good Economics for Hard Times by Abhijit V Banerjee

Good Economics for Hard Times by Abhijit V Banerjee

The winners of the Nobel Prize show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day.

Figuring out how to deal with today's critical economic problems is perhaps the great challenge of our time. Much greater than space travel or perhaps even the next revolutionary medical breakthrough, what is at stake is the whole idea of the good life as we have known it.

Immigration and inequality, globalization and technological disruption, slowing growth and accelerating climate change--these are sources of great anxiety across the world, from New Delhi and Dakar to Paris and Washington, DC. The resources to address these challenges are there--what we lack are ideas that will help us jump the wall of disagreement and distrust that divides us. If we succeed, history will remember our era with gratitude; if we fail, the potential losses are incalculable.

In this revolutionary book, renowned MIT economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo take on this challenge, building on cutting-edge research in economics explained with lucidity and grace. Original, provocative, and urgent, Good Economics for Hard Times makes a persuasive case for an intelligent interventionism and a society built on compassion and respect. It is an extraordinary achievement, one that shines a light to help us appreciate and understand our precariously balanced world.

Esther Duflo is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the University of Texas at Austin, as well as the founder and director of the Abudl Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab. She is a MacArthur Fellow and the John Bates Clark Medal recipient.

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ISBN 13	9781610399500
ISBN 10	1610399501
Title	Good Economics for Hard Times
Author	Abhijit V Banerjee
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	PublicAffairs
Year published	2019-11-12
Number of pages	432
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