Mamata Banerjee and Narendra Modi, the ultimate didi and dada of Indian politics, should really commiserate. — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
We need to learn to work with political systems that are not perfect instead of taking the view: let's first fix the… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
The degree of political pressure to make MGNREGA jobs available varies massively from state to state - which is why access to… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that in the last years of the UPA's rule, a certain lethargy had set into the way the… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
I am not partisan in my economic thinking. We work with any number of state governments, many of which are BJP governments. — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
The Korean government is the first to declare that if you replace people with machines you have to pay a tax. It's… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
Even Milton Friedman - doyen of radical free market thought - was willing to consider some government intervention into primary education on… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
The AAP was not the first group of well-meaning outsiders in politics. — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
The tragedy of the UPA is not that it didn't do anything, but that it is not able to take credit for… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
If the BJP government, like the Congress party, had asked what were the numbers on the fraction of people under a particular… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Celebrate the excitement of trying build something new and wonderful. — 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
I have always found it difficult to wrap my head around population policies. — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Insurance is important for protecting the health of people and Ujjwala is quite useful to low-income women. — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
