Good Economics for Hard Times
About this product
"A treasure trove of insight" ( The Economist ) from the winners of the Nobel Prize show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day.
In this revolutionary book, the winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics, Abhijit V. Banerjee and Ester Duflo, build on cutting-edge research to understand our broken world anew. Original, provocative, and with an urgent new preface, Good Economics for Hard Times makes a persuasive case for an intelligent interventionism and the creation of a society built on compassion and respect. It is an extraordinary achievement, one that shines a light to help us appreciate and understand how precariously balanced our world truly is for most of the people living in it. Read more
Editor's Take
Good Economics for Hard Times gets broadly positive feedback for being clear, evidence-based, and accessible, with many readers praising its coverage of trade, immigration, inequality, and policy responses to modern economic problems. Goodreads reviewers often describe it as fluently written and thoughtful, while several review outlets call it methodical, nuanced, and useful as a guide to big policy debates.
Some readers also criticize the book for leaning politically left, for not fully resolving some of the largest macroeconomic questions, or for feeling more like an argument for a worldview than a neutral analysis. On Reddit, the discussion appears to center on whether its evidence-based approach is persuasive and how it fits with the authors’ broader work.
Review sources that mention the book positively include Goodreads, The Guardian, The Economist via publisher quotes, Kirkus Reviews, the IMF, and Bill Gates’ notes. Reddit threads suggest the book is taken seriously among economics readers, though opinions vary.
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Specifications
| Publisher | PublicAffairs |
| Publication date | August 10, 2021 |
| Edition | Reprint |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 432 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 154178894X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1541788947 |
| Item Weight | 13.2 ounces |
| Dimensions | 5.45 x 1.45 x 8.25 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank | #118,926 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #24 in Macroeconomics (Books) #41 in Economic Policy #41 in Economic Policy & Development (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (4,277) |
