
Good Economics for Hard Times
Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
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Narrateur(s):
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James Lurie
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Auteur(s):
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Abhijit V. Banerjee
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Esther Duflo
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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 today's 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 change - these 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 there - what 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 cutting-edge 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.
©2019 Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo (P)2019 PublicAffairsCe que les critiques en disent
"In Good Economics for Hard Times, Banerjee and Duflo, two of the world's great economists, parse through what economists have to say about today's most difficult challenges-immigration, job losses from automation and trade, inequality, tribalism and prejudice, and climate change. The writing is witty and irreverent, always informative but never dull. Banerjee and Duflo are the teachers you always wished for but never had, and this book is an essential guide for the great policy debates of our times." (Raghuram Rajan, Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business)
"Banerjee and Duflo have shown brilliantly how the best recent research in economics can be used to tackle the most pressing social issues: unequal economic growth, climate change, lack of trust in public action. Their book is an essential wake-up call for intelligent and immediate action!" (Emmanuel Saez, professor of economics at UC Berkeley)
"Banerjee and Duflo move beyond the simplistic forecasts that abound in the Twittersphere and in the process reframe the role of economics. Their dogged optimism about the potential of economics research to deliver makes for an informative and uplifting read." (Pinelopi Goldberg, Elihu Professor of Economics, Yale University, and chief economist of the World Bank Group)
OK ... WOW
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Excellent on many levels
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A Good but Difficult Read
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Buy the book
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My only criticism is that these authors do apply principles a bit inconsistently in favour of what I can clearly read as their political orientation. They're fast to point out correlation is not causation with respect to tax cuts for the wealthy and economic growth (even while admitting there is growth, and that they don't know what is really creating it), yet when this same lack of causal connection exists for left-leaning theories, they seem to embrace the correlation as evidence and a reason to push forward.
In large part that's human nature, and for me it was actually a bit helpful in using this book as a counterweight to the more individualistic economic thinkers like Sowell.
Maybe my best praise is that I filled an A4 page of small-print, concise "interesting notes" on this book, which (for the book's size) is higher than my average, and I mainly only read real classics so that says something.
Good counterweight to Basic Economics
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Informative and engaging!
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Would recommend!
Excellent
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Greatly appreciated, the author did an amazing job explaining how economic and the real world work intertwined.
Incredible Insight of Economic
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Excellent cutting-edge economic assessment
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Enjoyable for financial overview of the world
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