Abhijit V. Banerjee

Poor Economics by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo is an illuminating exploration into the daily lives of the world's poorest citizens. Through groundbreaking research and compelling narratives, the authors challenge conventional wisdom and offer profound insights into the lives of those living on less than $1 a day. From rural villages in India to urban slums in South America,...

Good Economics for Hard Times by Nobel Prize-winning economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo is an enlightening exploration of how modern economic theories and policies can be designed to tackle the most challenging social and political issues of our era. Deftly combining rigorous analysis with a profound understanding of human behaviour, Banerjee and Duflo illustrate that when approached correctly,...

A fully updated edition of the seminal work in which the Nobel Prize-winning economists upend assumptions by revealing the unexpected choices that the poorest people make. Why would a man in Morocco who doesn't have enough to eat buy a television? Why do the poorest people in India spend 7 percent of their food budget on sugar? Does having lots...