Two prize-winning economists show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day.
Abhijit V. Banerjee (Author)
Abhijit Banerjee is the Ford Foundation International Professor of
Economics at MIT and the author of Poor Economics. He has been
named as one of Foreign Policy magazine's top 100 global thinkers
and has served on the U.N. Secretary-General's panel on the
Post-2015 Development Agenda.
Esther Duflo (Author)
Esther Duflo is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty
Alleviation and Development Economics at MIT and the author of Poor
Economics. Duflo is a member of the American Academy of Arts and
Science, and has received numerous academic honors and prizes
including the Infosys Prize, the Dan David Prize, a John Bates
Clark Medal, and a MacArthur "Genius Grant" Fellowship.
Excellent, important, disarmingly down to earth . . . they seek to
shed much-needed light upon the distortions that bad economics
bring to public debates while methodically deconstructing their
false assumptions.
*Observer*
Not all economists wear ties and think like bankers. In their
wonderfully refreshing book, Banerjee and Duflo delve into
impressive areas of new research questioning conventional views
about issues ranging from trade to top income taxation and
mobility, and offer their own powerful vision of how we can grapple
with them. A must-read.
*Thomas Piketty, author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century*
Compelling, useful, relevant ... Banerjee and Duflo use extensive
data to zoom out and show us a wider view of these human
dynamics
*Bill Gates*
Excellent ... Few have grappled as energetically with the
complexity of real life as Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, or
got their boots as dirty in the process ... Readers will be
captivated
*The Economist*
A canard-slaying, unconventional take on economics ... invigorating
... a treasure trove of facts and findings about the biggest
economic issues of the day
*The Times*
A magnificent achievement, and the perfect book for our time.
Banerjee and Duflo brilliantly illuminate the largest issues of the
day, including immigration, trade, climate change, and
inequality.
*Cass R. Sunstein, author of How Change Happens*
Banerjee and Duflo are masters of this terrain . . . Their book is
as stimulating as it gets
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