Good Economics for Hard Times by Abhijit V Banerjee & Esther Duflo
Brand: PublicAffairs
Product Description
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 todays 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 changethese 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 therewhat 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 cuttingedge 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. show more
Condition : New
Author : Abhijit V Banerjee Esther Duflo
Weight : 760
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Language : English
EAN : 9781610399500
ISBN10 : 1610399501
Format : Hardback
Date of Publication : 20171026
Place of Publication : NA
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 160 X 236 X 30mm