Good economics for hard times: better answers to our biggest problems
Banerjee, Abhijit V.
Good economics for hard times: better answers to our biggest problems by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo - New Delhi Juggernaut books 2019 - x, 403 p. : ill, ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this revolutionary book, prize-winning economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day. From immigration to inequality, slowing growth to accelerating climate change, we have the resources to address the challenges we face but we are so often blinded by ideology.
Original, provocative and urgent, Good Economics for Hard Times offers the new
thinking that we need. It builds on cutting-edge research in economics - and years of exploring the most effective solutions to alleviate extreme poverty - to make a persuasive case for an intelligent interventionism and a society built on compassion and respect. A much-needed antidote to polarized discourse, this book shines a light to help us appreciate and understand our precariously balanced world.
9789353450700
Economics
Good economics
Biggest problems
Hard times
Globalization
330 / BAN
Good economics for hard times: better answers to our biggest problems by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo - New Delhi Juggernaut books 2019 - x, 403 p. : ill, ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this revolutionary book, prize-winning economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day. From immigration to inequality, slowing growth to accelerating climate change, we have the resources to address the challenges we face but we are so often blinded by ideology.
Original, provocative and urgent, Good Economics for Hard Times offers the new
thinking that we need. It builds on cutting-edge research in economics - and years of exploring the most effective solutions to alleviate extreme poverty - to make a persuasive case for an intelligent interventionism and a society built on compassion and respect. A much-needed antidote to polarized discourse, this book shines a light to help us appreciate and understand our precariously balanced world.
9789353450700
Economics
Good economics
Biggest problems
Hard times
Globalization
330 / BAN