Abhijit Banerjee

Pieces in Popular Press

Subsidies Have a Very Poor Design and Very Little Imagination
April 2, 2013 - Business Today
Abhijit Banerjee on improving the design of subsidies for the poor.

It’s Plane and Simple
March 31, 2013 – The Hindustan Times

The Poor Are Not Zombies
March 22, 2013 - India Today

A Wannabe Nation
March 6, 2013 – The Hindustan Times

New Day, New Start
January 1, 2013 – Hindustan Times

Difficult Truth
December 6, 2012 - Financial Times Urban Ingenuity Magazine
The poorest people are often the most ingenious because they are forced to make up for the failures of their leaders.

It’s Time to Get Real
October 30, 2012 - Hindustan Times

Butterly Brilliant
October 01, 2012 - Hindustan Times

Indian Economist on UN Panel on Post-2015 Agenda
August 1, 2012 – Hindustan Times
Abhijit Banerjee among 26 people who have been named by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as members of a high-level panel to advise the world body on the global development agenda beyond 2015.

Not Fired with Logic
July 25, 2012 – Hindustan Times

A Rich Chat With the ‘Poor’ Economist
May 14, 2012 - The Telegraph India
Abhijit Banerjee is interviewed by the Telegraph after being crowned Shera’s Shera at the STAR Ananda Shera Bangali Awards 2012.

Abhijit Banerjee: 'The poor, probably rightly, see that their chances of getting somewhere different are minimal'
April 22, 2012 – The Guardian
On why aid that assumes the poor will do the right thing is misguided – and why political corruption does not necessarily mean economic stagnation.

Not Caste in Stone
April 9, 2012 - Hindustan Times

Global development podcast: spotlight on the battle against global poverty
March 27, 2012 - The Guardian
Abhijit Banerjee discusses development goals for global poverty in a podcast recorded at The Guardian's Open weekend.

Fund and Flag
February 21, 2012 - Indian Express

And That is a Fact
February 2, 2012 - Hindustan Times

Five Questions with Prof. Banerjee
January 21, 2012 – The New York Times
Prof. Banerjee is interviewed in The New York Times' India Ink blog.

This is Tunnel Vision
December 27, 2011 - Hindustan Times

Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo Named Top Global Thinkers
December 1, 2011 - Foreign Policy
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo named Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2011.

Learning Curbs
November 13, 2011 - Hindustan Times

Draw the Right Line
October 24, 2011 - Hindustan Times

The Plots Thicken
September 19, 2011 - Hindustan Times

MIT economist on why policies fail in India
September 1, 2011 - The Telegraph

Ride with the Tide
August 24, 2011 - The Telegraph

Promise Is Not Delivery
August 12, 2011 – India Today

Tea With The Economist: Abhijit Banerjee
July 21, 2011 - The Economist
Abhijit shares his radical ideas for fighting global poverty.

Poor Economics: Rethink on Poverty?
July 22, 2011 - NDTV
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo appear on NDTV To discuss how policies that deal with poverty alleviation are often based on cultural and literary stereotypes of how the poor are "lazy or enterprising, noble or thievish, angry or passive, helpless or self-sufficient."

Breaking Down the Poverty Problem
July 13, 2011 - Forbes India

One Size Does Not Fit All
July 18, 2011 - India Today

There Are No Magic Bullets to Eradicate Poverty
July 24, 2011 - Business India

The Guardian Business podcast: Greece and the Effectiveness of International Aid
The Greek debt crisis worsens as ratings agencies threaten further downgrades. Plus Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo discuss their new book Poor Economics

Change That Bengal Needs - Mihir S.Sharma
May 22, 2011 - Indian Express

Making Things Work in Bengal
May 16, 2011 - Indian Express

Who is Getting Stuck in the Poverty Trap?
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo are interviewed on WGBH's The Takeaway about their new book Poor Economics.

Contra la pobreza nos sobran teorías y faltan experimentos
May 3, 2011 - La Vanguardia
Interview with Abhijit Banerjee in La Vanguardia, Spain

Understanding The 'Economics' Of The World's Poor
May 5, 2011 - NPR
Economist Abhijit Banerjee argues that international aid organizations place too much focus on providing food, and should take a more nuanced approach to meeting the needs of their aid recipients.

New Thinking On Fighting Global Poverty
May 4, 2011 - NPR
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo on On Point with Tom Ashbrook discussing the case for radical change in how the world fights global poverty.

Money Can Solve Corruption
April 17, 2011 - Hindustan Times

Every Problem Does Not Have a Solution
March 31, 2011 - Financial Express

A Platter of Choices
March 29, 2011 - Indian Express

Once There Was a City
March 27, 2011 - Hindustan Times

A Bend in the River
February 13, 2011 - Hindustan Times

Having Growth, Eating it too
January 20, 2011 - Indian Express

Let's Keep the Faith
December 27, 2010 - Hindustan Times

A Different Dividend
December 1, 2010 - Hindustan Times

Help Microfinance, Don't Kill It
November 26, 2010 - Indian Express

On a Different Track
October 5, 2010 - Hindustan Times

Tank Up for Growth
August 13, 2010 - Hindustan Times

Abhijit Banerjee on Microcredit
August 2010 - Executive Times

Our Terminal Illness
July 6, 2010 - Hindustan Times

Welcome, All Members
June 9, 2010 - Hindustan Times

Measured Success versus Failed Miracles
May 24, 2010 - Forbes India

Parental Guidance
May 4, 2010 - Hindustan Times

Lower the Barriers
March 28, 2010 - Hindustan Times

Not Air-Conditioned
February 12, 2010 - Hindustan Times

Indian Democracy and Economic Reforms
2009

An Economist for All Seasons
December 27, 2009 - Hindustan Times

The True Potential of UID
November 10, 2009 - Hindustan Times

Why Poor Need Unique ID
November 9, 2009 - Hindustan Times

Idle Worshippers
October 14, 2009 - Hindustan Times

Making the Right Choice
April 21, 2009 - Hindustan Times

A Job Half Done
August 13, 2009 - Hindustan Times

More Than a Marginal Force
April 13, 2009 - Hindustan Times

Will Caste be the Future of Indian Politics?
April 4, 2009 - Hindustan Times

Start with the Ministers
May 2008 - Indian Express

A Bird Flu Over the Commie Nest
February 20, 2008 - Down to Earth

Inside the Machine
March/April 2007 - Boston Review

Cars, Not Land
March 31, 2007 - Down to Earth

Identity Politics Crisis
March 21, 2007 - Hindustan Times

A Prize for a Brave Man
November 2006 - Executive Times

New Development Economics and the Challenge to Theory
October 1, 2005 - Economic and Political Weekly