01960    a2200181   4500999001700000020001800017082001700035100002700052100001900079245003400098260002700132300001300159504001800172520138100190650004601571942001201617952014901629  c26105d26105  a9789353450700  a330.9bBAN-G  aBanerjee , Abhijit V.   aDuflo, Esther   aGood economics for hard times  bJuggernaut Booksc2019  ax, 403p.  aInclude Index  aFiguring 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 and show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of the day. It is an extraordinary achievement, one that shines a light to help us appreciate and understand our precariously balanced world.  aEconomicsvGlobalizationvhistoryvGrowth  2ddccBK  00104070aNASSDOCbNASSDOCd2020-06-29eOPg510.27i2020-06-11l2o330.9 BAN-Gp50877r2025-06-12 00:00:00s2025-05-21v699.00w2020-06-11yBK