Good Economics for Hard Times (2019)
Good Economics for Hard Times is a 2019 economics book written by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo.
Two Nobel-winning economists sit down with the arguments that dominate dinner tables and election campaigns, then check them against evidence. Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, both at MIT, take on immigration, trade, inequality, automation and the stalling of growth, and they are candid about where the profession has been wrong. Their method favors careful field experiments over ideology, so the answers rarely flatter either political side. The prose stays plain and patient, built for readers who want to understand policy rather than win a fight. A sober, humane guide to problems that resist easy slogans.
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What is Good Economics for Hard Times about?
Two Nobel-winning economists sit down with the arguments that dominate dinner tables and election campaigns, then check them against evidence. Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, both at MIT, take on immigration, trade, inequality, automation and the stalling of growth, and they are candid about where the profession has been wrong. Their method favors careful field experiments over ideology, so the answers rarely flatter either political side. The prose stays plain and patient, built for readers who want to understand policy rather than win a fight. A sober, humane guide to problems that resist easy slogans.
When was Good Economics for Hard Times published?
Good Economics for Hard Times was published in 2019.
Who made Good Economics for Hard Times?
Good Economics for Hard Times was written by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo.
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Readers drawn to clear-eyed economics on screen can try Inside Job, Charles Ferguson's documentary anatomy of the 2008 crash, or The Big Short, which turns the same collapse into sharp black comedy. Both share this book's instinct for testing confident claims against what actually happened to ordinary households rather than to the models on a whiteboard.