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Abhijit Banerjee

    February 21, 1961

    Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee is a distinguished Indian economist recognized for his pioneering experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. His work is characterized by a deep commitment to understanding the root causes of poverty through rigorously designed studies. He leverages empirical data and field research to identify effective solutions, significantly shaping modern economic theory and practice. Banerjee's innovative methodologies and dedication to social justice offer critical insights for addressing complex global challenges.

    Cooking to Save Your Life 2021
    Poor Economics
    Good Economics for Hard Times
    Good Economics For Hard Times : Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
    Poor Economics : Rethinking Poverty & The Ways To End It
    Poor economics : a Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
    • 2021

      Cooking to Save Your Life 2021

      • 296 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      We all know of Abhijit Banerjee as a Nobel Prize–winning Economist. Now meet Abhijit Banerjee the gourmet chef. In this playful, erudite and sensationally delicious cookbook, Banerjee takes us through the recipes he has delighted his friends, colleagues and students with—from charred avocado to Andhra pork ribs, deconstructed salade niçoise to a trifle made in under 20 minutes. Along the way he riffs on Karl Marx, Bengali vegetarian cooking, and why soup is so consoling. Superbly illustrated by Cheyenne Olivier, this is a book to both read and to cook outstanding meals from.

      Cooking to Save Your Life 2021
    • 2019

      The book delves into the investigation of meromorphic functions in the complex plane, focusing on a uniqueness theorem related to the sharing of two sets. It builds upon previous findings, enhancing and refining earlier results. The work employs standard notations from Nevanlinna theory and introduces a unique range set to facilitate the analysis. Additionally, it defines E as a set of positive real numbers with finite linear measure, allowing for varied occurrences throughout the discussion.

      A Uniqueness Result Related to Meromorphic Functions Sharing Two Sets
    • 2019

      Good Economics for Hard Times

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading
      4.2(311)Add rating

      FROM THE WINNERS OF THE 2019 NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMICS 'Wonderfully refreshing . . . A must read' Thomas Piketty In this revolutionary book, prize-winning economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day. From immigration to inequality, slowing growth to accelerating climate change, we have the resources to address the challenges we face but we are so often blinded by ideology. Original, provocative and urgent, Good Economics for Hard Times offers the new thinking that we need. It builds on cutting-edge research in economics - and years of exploring the most effective solutions to alleviate extreme poverty - to make a persuasive case for an intelligent interventionism and a society built on compassion and respect. A much-needed antidote to polarized discourse, this book shines a light to help us appreciate and understand our precariously balanced world.

      Good Economics for Hard Times
    • 2019

      FROM THE WINNERS OF THE 2019 NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMICS 'Wonderfully refreshing . . . A must read' Thomas Piketty In this revolutionary book, prize-winning economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day. From immigration to inequality, slowing growth to accelerating climate change, we have the resources to address the challenges we face but we are so often blinded by ideology. Original, provocative and urgent, Good Economics for Hard Times offers the new thinking that we need. It builds on cutting-edge research in economics - and years of exploring the most effective solutions to alleviate extreme poverty - to make a persuasive case for an intelligent interventionism and a society built on compassion and respect. A much-needed antidote to polarized discourse, this book shines a light to help us appreciate and understand our precariously balanced world.

      Good Economics For Hard Times : Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
    • 2012

      Poor Economics

      • 308 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      4.2(590)Add rating

      From the award-winning founders of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT, a transformative reappraisal of the world of the extreme poor, their lives, desires, and frustrations.

      Poor Economics
    • 2011

      Why do the poor borrow to save? Why do they miss out on free life-saving immunizations, but pay for unnecessary drugs? In Poor Economics, Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, two practical visionaries working toward ending world poverty, answer these questions from the ground. In a book the Wall Street Journal called “marvelous, rewarding,” the authors tell how the stress of living on less than 99 cents per day encourages the poor to make questionable decisions that feed—not fight—poverty. The result is a radical rethinking of the economics of poverty that offers a ringside view of the lives of the world's poorest, and shows that creating a world without poverty begins with understanding the daily decisions facing the poor.

      Poor economics : a Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
    • 2011

      Winner of the 2011 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Best Business Book of the Year Award Billions of government dollars, and thousands of charitable organizations and NGOs, are dedicated to helping the world's poor. But much of their work is based on assumptions that are untested generalizations at best, harmful misperceptions at worst. Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo have pioneered the use of randomized control trials in development economics. Work based on these principles, supervised by the Poverty Action Lab, is being carried out in dozens of countries. Drawing on this and their 15 years of research from Chile to India, Kenya to Indonesia, they have identified wholly new aspects of the behavior of poor people, their needs, and the way that aid or financial investment can affect their lives. Their work defies certain presumptions: that microfinance is a cure-all, that schooling equals learning, that poverty at the level of 99 cents a day is just a more extreme version of the experience any of us have when our income falls uncomfortably low. This important book illuminates how the poor live, and offers all of us an opportunity to think of a world beyond poverty. Learn more at www.pooreconomics.com

      Poor Economics : Rethinking Poverty & The Ways To End It