When I was a graduate student, I actually took a course in development economics and I thought it was the most boring… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
In a world where audiences listen for attitudes rather than arguments or information, speakers must feel the pressure to posture rather than… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
Climate change is something that we cannot fix alone - it is the original collective action problem - it will not work… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
Investors don't like being in a world where everything is held up by and waiting for an approval from a very small… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
One advantage of not being in power is that we can dream of reshaping the world exactly as we please. — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
The AAP from the beginning made it clear that they were about changing policy and not being a symbol of purity in… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
The world's poorest people use the cheapest available fuels - dung and twigs and even leaves. — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
I mean, I think it's a two-way relationship: I think you should not have too much faith in your own rationality. You… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
What's nice about experiments is that they are much more closely tied to what theorists think about the world than normal empirical… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
Here is an entirely banal idea that I think has the potential to change the world: Take evidence seriously. Taking evidence seriously… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
Corruption is a huge problem and the poor and the powerless are often its most egregious victims. But it is not an… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
We will remember UPA 2, if at all, it seems, as that period when things went mysteriously wrong - for the bribe-taking, buck-passing, foot-dragging,… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share
The problem of getting from home to the metro, BRT or bus stop makes many people take their cars to work. Why not start… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share
In the development business doing something for both women and the environment is the equivalent of holding a royal flush in poker. — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share
One big mistake that we made in Delhi is that we made it a low-rise city which means that rich people have nice green… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share
One advantage of not being in power is that we can dream of reshaping the world exactly as we please. — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share
I have always found it difficult to wrap my head around population policies. — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share
If democracy as we know it has to survive the elites have to regain their credibility. And they have to start by admitting that… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share
Even Milton Friedman - doyen of radical free market thought - was willing to consider some government intervention into primary education on the grounds… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share
I was very lucky to be born into a very academic family. I was well-read, well-trained in mathematics. I had lots of advantages to… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share
It is possible that Modi sees his life as evidence that hard physical work can triumph over every disadvantage, but if so, most of… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share
Insurance is important for protecting the health of people and Ujjwala is quite useful to low-income women. — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share
Mamata Banerjee and Narendra Modi, the ultimate didi and dada of Indian politics, should really commiserate. — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share
Anyone who has a child knows the importance of not over-playing your hand. He was up all night playing some game on his smartphone… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share
