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Good Economics for Hard Times lives up to its authors' reputations, giving a masterly tour of the current evidence on critical policy questions facing less-than-perfect markets in both developed and developing countries, from migration to trade to postindustrial
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Banerjee and Duflo draw from recent developments in economics research to argue solutions to the issues facing modern economies and societies around the world, including slowing economic growth, immigration, income inequality, climate change, globalization and
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praised the book, writing, "Banerjee and Duflo's arguments are original and open-minded and their evidence is clearly presented. Policy makers and lay readers looking for fresh insights into contemporary economic matters will savor this illuminating book."
627: 227:. The book argues against the idea that immigrants lower wages and take jobs from native workers. They also argue that people in poverty often make more sound financial decisions than is normally attributed to them. 600: 277:
gave the book a positive review, calling it "Occasionally wonky but overall a good case for how the dismal science can make the world less—well, dismal."
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praised the book and called it a "methodical deconstruction of fake facts" and an "excellent antidote to the most dangerous forms of economics bashing."
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wrote that Banerjee and Duflo "demolish the traditional arguments against higher taxes on the wealthy in an incisive book."
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In October 2019, Banerjee traveled to India to promote the book, with speaking engagements in the capital of
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Good Economics, Bad Economics: Six Ways We Get the World Wrong and How to Set It Right
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Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
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Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
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2019 nonfiction book by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
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The book has received praise from economists such as
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Abhijit V. Banerjee
Esther Duflo
Economics
PublicAffairs
ISBN
978-1-61039-950-0
goodeconomicsforhardtimes.com
nonfiction
Abhijit V. Banerjee
Esther Duflo
MIT
PublicAffairs
Juggernaut Books
Allen Lane
technological unemployment
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
Nobel Prize in Economics
Harvard University
Michael Kremer
technological unemployment
New Delhi
Kolkata
Narendra Modi
7, Lok Kalyan Marg
London School of Economics
Publishers Weekly
Kirkus Reviews
The Guardian
Yanis Varoufakis

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