Esther Duflo è un'economista francese rinomata per il suo approccio sperimentale all'alleviamento della povertà globale. La sua ricerca approfondisce questioni microeconomiche nelle nazioni in via di sviluppo, esaminando il comportamento delle famiglie, l'istruzione, l'accesso ai finanziamenti e la salute. Duflo si dedica all'identificazione di soluzioni pratiche ed efficaci per la riduzione della povertà, impiegando una rigorosa analisi empirica. Il suo lavoro enfatizza le intuizioni basate sui dati e la valutazione attenta degli interventi nel mondo reale.
From the award-winning founders of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT: A transformative reappraisal of the world of the extreme poor, their lives, desires, and frustrations.
Why do the poor borrow to save? Why do they miss out on free life-saving immunizations, but pay for unnecessary drugs? In Poor Economics, Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, two practical visionaries working toward ending world poverty, answer these questions from the ground. In a book the Wall Street Journal called “marvelous, rewarding,” the authors tell how the stress of living on less than 99 cents per day encourages the poor to make questionable decisions that feed—not fight—poverty. The result is a radical rethinking of the economics of poverty that offers a ringside view of the lives of the world's poorest, and shows that creating a world without poverty begins with understanding the daily decisions facing the poor.
Winner of the 2011 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Best Business Book of the Year Award Billions of government dollars, and thousands of charitable organizations and NGOs, are dedicated to helping the world's poor. But much of their work is based on assumptions that are untested generalizations at best, harmful misperceptions at worst. Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo have pioneered the use of randomized control trials in development economics. Work based on these principles, supervised by the Poverty Action Lab, is being carried out in dozens of countries. Drawing on this and their 15 years of research from Chile to India, Kenya to Indonesia, they have identified wholly new aspects of the behavior of poor people, their needs, and the way that aid or financial investment can affect their lives. Their work defies certain presumptions: that microfinance is a cure-all, that schooling equals learning, that poverty at the level of 99 cents a day is just a more extreme version of the experience any of us have when our income falls uncomfortably low. This important book illuminates how the poor live, and offers all of us an opportunity to think of a world beyond poverty. Learn more at www.pooreconomics.com
FROM THE WINNERS OF THE 2019 NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMICS 'Wonderfully refreshing . . . A must read' Thomas Piketty 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.
FROM THE WINNERS OF THE 2019 NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMICS 'Wonderfully refreshing . . . A must read' Thomas Piketty 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.
From the award-winning founders of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT, a transformative reappraisal of the world of the extreme poor, their lives, desires, and frustrations.
Wirtschaftsnobelpreis 2019 und Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2020! Zwei preisgekrönte Ökonomen über Versagen und Verantwortung der Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Ungleichheit, Armut, Migration, freier Handel, Wirtschaftswachstum und Umweltfragen sind die Probleme, die weltweit täglich die Schlagzeilen beherrschen. Hierzu wären Wissen und Rat von Wirtschaftswissenschaftlern dringend gefragt. Die für ihre bahnbrechenden Arbeiten zur Armutsforschung bekannten Ökonomen Esther Duflo und Abhijit Banerjee halten in diesem Buch ihren Kollegen provokant den Spiegel vor: Katastrophale Krisen wie die Lehman-Pleite haben sie verschlafen, oft verstellen ideologische Vorbehalte den Blick, und bei Streitthemen wie dem Euro haben sie sich gescheut, unbequeme Wahrheiten auszusprechen. Duflo und Banerjee zeigen anschaulich, was gute Ökonomie stattdessen zur Lösung der dringenden Weltprobleme beitragen kann.
Wirtschaftnobelpreis 2019
Wirtschaftsnobelpreis 2019 für Esther Duflo Esther Duflo gehört zu den Shooting Stars der internationalen Wissenschaft. Ihr Forschungsgebiet ist die Entwicklungsökonomie, also die Frage, wie Armut überwunden und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung angestoßen werden kann. Der »Economist« zählte sie 2008 zu den acht wichtigsten jungen Ökonomen und das »Time Magazine« 2011 zu den 100 einflussreichsten Menschen der Erde. In »Kampf gegen die Armut« stellt Duflo ihren innovativen entwicklungsökonomischen Ansatz anhand von vier zentralen Problembereichen vor: Bildung, Gesundheit, Mikrokredite und Institutionen/Korruption. Über randomisierte Tests, die von der Praxis klinischer Studien in der Medizin inspiriert sind, werden konkrete entwicklungspolitische Maßnahmen auf ihre Wirksamkeit überprüft, mit nicht selten überraschenden Ergebnissen. Ein Buch, das die Entwicklungsökonomie auf eine neue Grundlage stellt.
Sechs Überlebensfragen und wie wir sie besser lösen können – Das neue Buch der Wirtschaftsnobelpreisträger
Das neue Buch der Wirtschaftsnobelpreisträger Ungleichheit, Armut, Migration, freier Handel, Wirtschaftswachstum und Umweltfragen sind die Probleme, die weltweit täglich die Schlagzeilen beherrschen. Hierzu wären Wissen und Rat von Wirtschaftswissenschaftlern dringend gefragt. Die für ihre bahnbrechenden Arbeiten zur Armutsforschung bekannten Ökonomen Esther Duflo und Abhijit Banerjee halten in diesem Buch ihren Kollegen provokant den Spiegel vor: Katastrophale Krisen wie die Lehman-Pleite haben sie verschlafen, oft verstellen ideologische Vorbehalte den Blick, und bei Streitthemen wie dem Euro haben sie sich gescheut, unbequeme Wahrheiten auszusprechen. Duflo und Banerjee zeigen anschaulich, was gute Ökonomie stattdessen zur Lösung der dringenden Weltprobleme beitragen kann. Ausstattung: Abbildungen
