- Editorial:
- PUBLIC AFFAIRS
- Año de edición:
- 2019
- Materia:
- Economía
- ISBN:
- 978-1-61039-950-0
- Páginas:
- 432
GOOD ECONOMICS FOR HARD TIMES
DUFLO, ESTHER
u003cbu003eThe winners of the Nobel Prize show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eFiguring 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.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eImmigration 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.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eIn 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, u003ciu003eGood Economics for Hard Timesu003c/iu003e 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. u003cbru003e
