Good Economics for Hard Times
What's it about
Ever feel like economists are speaking a different language? What if you could cut through the jargon and get straight answers to today's most urgent questions, from immigration and trade to climate change? This summary makes complex economics simple and relevant to your life. Based on cutting-edge research from two Nobel Prize-winning economists, you'll discover why popular opinions on major issues are often wrong. Learn to think like a true economist and gain the confidence to form your own informed opinions on the policies that shape our world.
Meet the author
Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo are Nobel Prize-winning economists renowned for their pioneering, field-experiment-based approach to alleviating global poverty and informing public policy. As co-founders of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab J-PAL at MIT, they have spent decades on the ground, from India to Chile, testing solutions to real-world problems. This hands-on research provides the powerful, evidence-based insights that challenge conventional economic wisdom and form the core of their groundbreaking work.
What's it about
Ever feel like economists are speaking a different language? What if you could cut through the jargon and get straight answers to today's most urgent questions, from immigration and trade to climate change? This summary makes complex economics simple and relevant to your life. Based on cutting-edge research from two Nobel Prize-winning economists, you'll discover why popular opinions on major issues are often wrong. Learn to think like a true economist and gain the confidence to form your own informed opinions on the policies that shape our world.
Meet the author
Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo are Nobel Prize-winning economists renowned for their pioneering, field-experiment-based approach to alleviating global poverty and informing public policy. As co-founders of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab J-PAL at MIT, they have spent decades on the ground, from India to Chile, testing solutions to real-world problems. This hands-on research provides the powerful, evidence-based insights that challenge conventional economic wisdom and form the core of their groundbreaking work.
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