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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Economists can help fix the world’s worst problems, but first they must truly earn our collective trust.
Chapter 3: Politicians deceive voters with falsehoods about immigration.
Chapter 4: Immigration helps strengthen the local economy and creates more new opportunities for native workers.
Chapter 5: Goods flow freely in global trade deals, but people and money don’t.
Chapter 6: Trade deals can hurt local workers, but protectionist tariffs won’t fix the problem.
Chapter 7: The battle against climate change cannot be divorced from the battle against economic inequality.
Chapter 8: AI is advancing to take over more complex human tasks, harming the job market overall.
Chapter 9: Economic inequality long predates intelligent robots.
Chapter 10: Effective taxation can help to address economic inequality.
Chapter 11: There's no one-size-fits-all path to easing poverty, but honoring the dignity of the poor is truly essential.
Chapter 12: To heal political polarization and prejudice undermining democracy, we must truly listen carefully to one another.
Description
Good Economics for Hard Times (2019) unflinchingly examines some of the most seemingly intractable problems we’re confronting today. Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo argue that economics can provide new perspectives on how to solve climate change without hurting the poor, and also tackle social problems caused by rising inequality, global trade, and fear of immigration.
Who Should Listen
- People who want to regain their faith in the usefulness of economics
- Environmentalists who want a new perspective on how to save the planet
- Workers who are worried about how immigration and trade will affect their jobs