Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
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- Author：Abhijit V. Banerjee
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Summary
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。
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。
Reviews
Raul Carbonell
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Gran libro de economía aplicada al mundo actual y comprensible por el ciudadano medio， no se requieren grandes conocimientos。Me gusta la manera en la que trata los temas expuestos， explicando la realidad actual， aportando evidencias científicas constantemente y proponiendo soluciones y alternativas apoyándose en esas evidencias。Se tratan temas de todo tipo: desigualdad， crecimiento， pobreza， sistemas de bienestar de países desarrollados， racismo， feminismo， fiscalidad， educación， etc。Por algo es Gran libro de economía aplicada al mundo actual y comprensible por el ciudadano medio， no se requieren grandes conocimientos。Me gusta la manera en la que trata los temas expuestos， explicando la realidad actual， aportando evidencias científicas constantemente y proponiendo soluciones y alternativas apoyándose en esas evidencias。Se tratan temas de todo tipo: desigualdad， crecimiento， pobreza， sistemas de bienestar de países desarrollados， racismo， feminismo， fiscalidad， educación， etc。Por algo este libro de estos recientes premios nobeles de economía tenía buena crítica。 A la altura de las expectativas。 。。。more
Solajma
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Dnf。 Annoyingly boring （is that a word？） 。 Why have they all read the same book about how to run the money of today's society。。。The solution is not only to '' tax the super rich'， ' to receive a much more' equal 'society。。。（（Says the one who lives in one of the most socialistic countries in the universe。。）） it's not the solution you are looking for。 Think outside the box， for once。。。。。 Dnf。 Annoyingly boring （is that a word？） 。 Why have they all read the same book about how to run the money of today's society。。。The solution is not only to '' tax the super rich'， ' to receive a much more' equal 'society。。。（（Says the one who lives in one of the most socialistic countries in the universe。。）） it's not the solution you are looking for。 Think outside the box， for once。。。。。 。。。more
ameya poyarekar
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Economic and it's impact to day-to-day life are explained in an simple and engaging way。 The author introduce you to various concept with help case study and real-life examples which creates an illusion of novel rather a book on economics。 Economic and it's impact to day-to-day life are explained in an simple and engaging way。 The author introduce you to various concept with help case study and real-life examples which creates an illusion of novel rather a book on economics。 。。。more
Isabel Lavenstein
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Optimistic consideration of the future of economic policy and the instrumental role it plays in progressing into a new era。 Enjoyed the in-dept studies and clear reliance on both big and small data。
Rahi
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A solid book that takes modern challenges such as immigration， trade wars， poverty and global warming and tackles all assumptions。 It tries to induce fresh thinking and provide data driven solutions。
Alessandro Orlandi
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Interesting。
Piotr Stapp
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It is a difficult book and I needed time to think about most of the chapters。 It is even not a real 5-star book， but mentioned problems are 5-star problems。 The only thing I don’t like is too much examples from USA and India， but authors mention this in first chapter
Ha Tran Nguyen Phuong
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I love the evidence-based approach to this book！
Shanmugam Ramasamy
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Wow again a wonderful book。 I love how Abhijeet tries to get the reality from the ground and not be influenced based on popular rhetoric and bias 。 Definitely widens your horizon on a lot of topics like universal income， trade wars etc 。
Aayushmaan Jain
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Excellent book on economics and policy for a bunch of serious problems （hard times）。 A non mathematical foray into the subject with case studies backing each assertion， all researched exceptionally well and written in a manner that a reader with not much background in economics （me） could keep up。 They know what they don't know， which is a welcome change in a nonfiction book。I learned so many new things。 Recommended by Sanskriti Sharma。 Excellent book on economics and policy for a bunch of serious problems （hard times）。 A non mathematical foray into the subject with case studies backing each assertion， all researched exceptionally well and written in a manner that a reader with not much background in economics （me） could keep up。 They know what they don't know， which is a welcome change in a nonfiction book。I learned so many new things。 Recommended by Sanskriti Sharma。 。。。more
Craig
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Really good; delves deeply into areas （such as migration， and displacement of labor by increased international trade） where standard economics misses key motivations of real people。 One of the better economics books I've ever read。 Really good; delves deeply into areas （such as migration， and displacement of labor by increased international trade） where standard economics misses key motivations of real people。 One of the better economics books I've ever read。 。。。more
Joonas Suomalainen
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A suspiciously easy read that I found difficult to be convinced by。
Robert Høgh
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Dejlig bog med god gennemgang af forfatternes syn på forskellige områder inden for økonomien。 Den er rodet skrevet， og der var for meget fokus på empiri og for lidt på teori til min smag。 Men sundt for mig at læse en økonomibog igen， ligesom i gamle dage， og særligt af venstreorienterede økonomer
Shivaraj Challapalli
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Analysis of various welfare schemes and their effectiveness and various factors impacting the final outcome 。 Is UBI the answer ？ Are unconditional transfers better than conditional transfers？ Arguments for and against higher taxes in rich etc。 Overall an interesting book to make an informed decision on various socioeconomic issues of our times。
Janna
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3。5 stars。 Didn’t finish the whole book but did read the remaining chapter summaries online which gave me what I needed to know。
Kevin M。 Femenias
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I would say this book is a great holistic view of global （with a clear focus on the US and India） economics。 It takes different social and economical issues and explain what good economics could be put into place to solve or reduce their impact。 It is a good read and， for a non-fiction， it is easy and fast paced。
Husein Hamzah
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I'm not an economist， but I really concern about all topics that this book addressing。 From immigration， the rise of tribalism that fueled racism， the myth of growth？， the environmental consequences of economic growth， all and all， up to the question about tax and universal basic income。And with someome who have minimum background of economics， I found this book enjoyable to read。 It might be not as straightforward as I expect， but at the end I can understand that it is neccesary to answer one o I'm not an economist， but I really concern about all topics that this book addressing。 From immigration， the rise of tribalism that fueled racism， the myth of growth？， the environmental consequences of economic growth， all and all， up to the question about tax and universal basic income。And with someome who have minimum background of economics， I found this book enjoyable to read。 It might be not as straightforward as I expect， but at the end I can understand that it is neccesary to answer one of the topic， we need to see multiple point of perspective。 I might be misunderstood though。。 but overall I （hope） can see the point。Thank you Mr Abhijit and Mrs Esther， knowing there is someone who really think about these issue really comforting me somehow。Anyway， highly recommended！ 。。。more
Luke Spooner
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Pretty interesting stuff。 The writing is pretty accessible， but some of it still went over my head。 I really wish I had taken some economics courses in uni， maybe I still will。。。
Lilian Martins
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Os autores， que tem como foco de estudo os países em desenvolvimento， tratam de temas como imigração， desemprego， desigualdade e eficiência energética。Para isso， citam muitas pesquisas e casos （com muitas referências， praticamente 100pgs do livro são notas de rodapé citando as fontes）。 Trazem， assim， sugestões de soluções que levam o leitor a refletir sobre as possibilidades e como arcar com os custos das soluções。A linha de raciocínio adotada， em geral， concorda com ideias de Piketti e Keynes， Os autores， que tem como foco de estudo os países em desenvolvimento， tratam de temas como imigração， desemprego， desigualdade e eficiência energética。Para isso， citam muitas pesquisas e casos （com muitas referências， praticamente 100pgs do livro são notas de rodapé citando as fontes）。 Trazem， assim， sugestões de soluções que levam o leitor a refletir sobre as possibilidades e como arcar com os custos das soluções。A linha de raciocínio adotada， em geral， concorda com ideias de Piketti e Keynes， favorecendo intervenções governamentais financiadas pelo aumento de impostos das altíssimas camadas sociais。Ainda que não necessariamente o leitor concorde com os argumentos， julgo ser sempre válido entrar em contato com os contrapontos ao próprio pensamento， buscando genuinamente compreender todas as mentes que buscam soluções práticas para problemas reais。 A oxigenação de ideias é sempre bem vinda e a riqueza da mente está na diversidade。 。。。more
Bharat Radhakrishnan
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An absolutely brilliant perspective on the definition of immigration， growth and the quality of life in general。 The book weighs the impacts of these populist movements and the modern world today based on data and not on assumptions。 Highly recommend this book， it gives you a perspective of a new way to look at the economy and the people that make it tick。
Haiyan Liu
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A must read on salient policy issuesThe authors talked about various issues that relate to ordinary humans。 They base on cases from all over the world and point out many misunderstandings and prejudices we have。 In addition to bringing up many challenging issues we are facing today around the world， they suggest solutions that have worked in various scenarios。
Tyler Nichols
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Interesting book by Nobel Prize winning economists。 Points out many of the policy flaws that contribute to today's problems - inequality， environment， slow growth， populism， etc。 They dispute many of the "rules" of traditional economics as less powerful or non-existent in the real world。 They are also willing to admit that there is much we do not know and many areas that need further study to see if they would work。 Many of their suggested policy solutions lean more socialist than I prefer， but Interesting book by Nobel Prize winning economists。 Points out many of the policy flaws that contribute to today's problems - inequality， environment， slow growth， populism， etc。 They dispute many of the "rules" of traditional economics as less powerful or non-existent in the real world。 They are also willing to admit that there is much we do not know and many areas that need further study to see if they would work。 Many of their suggested policy solutions lean more socialist than I prefer， but maybe that is due to me buying in to some of the "facts" they dispute in the book。 Overall it made me think about my own biases and where people who disagree with me may be coming from， so that makes it a pretty good book。 。。。more
Olena Nikulina
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Great book！ I enjoyed the first chapters better than the final ones。
Niel Knoblauch
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I'm pausing reading this book at 2/3 done。 On the one hand it's too interesting to abandon — I am learning quite a bit — but on the other hand I find it a bit boring， with lots of details woven into the book's many chapters。 So， on ice for now :） I'm pausing reading this book at 2/3 done。 On the one hand it's too interesting to abandon — I am learning quite a bit — but on the other hand I find it a bit boring， with lots of details woven into the book's many chapters。 So， on ice for now :） 。。。more
April Li
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Cold numbers， warm humanity The concept of economics is always intimidating to me。 So I’m really glad that I chose this book as one of the first in this field to read。 I’m constantly moved by how humble the authors are despite being renowned economists。 At the same time， they kept telling us throughout the book how good economics is really about being humble and curious。 The writers’ take on immigration， people’s preferences， tax policies， global trade， and universal basic income make a lot of s Cold numbers， warm humanity The concept of economics is always intimidating to me。 So I’m really glad that I chose this book as one of the first in this field to read。 I’m constantly moved by how humble the authors are despite being renowned economists。 At the same time， they kept telling us throughout the book how good economics is really about being humble and curious。 The writers’ take on immigration， people’s preferences， tax policies， global trade， and universal basic income make a lot of sense with abundant data/supporting research。 I especially enjoyed the various social experiments which lead to those conclusions - they are so interesting and educational。 Despite the book’s title placing economics front and center， it was a huge and welcome surprise to find that the authors talk a great deal about humanity and make it their primary concern for all issues。A good book expands your horizon and helps you become less biased。 There’s a brilliant part that talks about how most Trump supporters wouldn’t like to be called racists; and calling them racists wouldn’t help with anything but instead just sow further division。 Simple as that， but I don’t know why I didn’t see it before I read this book。 。。。more
Xin Gao
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A very shallow literature of many fields in Economics -- no new papers， no deep insights。 This book is very disappointing， considering that their previous book （Poor Economics） was so good。。。 Maybe they should just stay within their field。。。
Luca Faiß
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A very detailed book about the economic principles， causes and consequences of slowing growth， migration， technological disruption， climate change and policy。 It's very objective shining a light on some of our biggest challenges nowadays。 The bottom line is that it takes all of us to thrive in a better more human world。 A very detailed book about the economic principles， causes and consequences of slowing growth， migration， technological disruption， climate change and policy。 It's very objective shining a light on some of our biggest challenges nowadays。 The bottom line is that it takes all of us to thrive in a better more human world。 。。。more
Stefanie Ferra
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I’m in love with this book。
Aang Noviyana
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I think I could just sit， have a lunch and never get bored with the writers。 They are so fun and have interesting perspective on economics！
Femi
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