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Economics Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee: 'In India, the act of eating and not eating is extraordinarily potent and political'

Economist Abhijit Banerjee on why he reads and writes cookbooks, his new book at the intersection of food and economics, democratizing the social sciences, and presenting new Indian flavour ideas to the world.
Are the poor risk averse? Just ask Banerjee and Duflo

Their papers combine theory and data in an unmatchable way, turning the traditional worldview on its head
The thoughts of Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee, largely in his own words

This year’s winners of the Economics Nobel prize shun clichés about poverty to focus instead on practical solutions arrived at after field experiments among the poor
Poor Economics: New ways of eradicating poverty

Eradicating poverty is perhaps the highest priority of the Indian government and although statistics claim great success the truth is we still have hundreds of millions living in dire circumstances.

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Poor Economics

Economics Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee: 'In India, the act of eating and not eating is extraordinarily potent and political'

Are the poor risk averse? Just ask Banerjee and Duflo

The thoughts of Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee, largely in his own words

Poor Economics: New ways of eradicating poverty