--- product_id: 347760983 title: "Good Economics for Hard Times" brand: "abhijit v. banerjeeesther duflo" price: "£16.42" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/347760983-good-economics-for-hard-times store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Good Economics for Hard Times **Brand:** abhijit v. banerjeeesther duflo **Price:** £16.42 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Good Economics for Hard Times by abhijit v. banerjeeesther duflo - **How much does it cost?** £16.42 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/347760983-good-economics-for-hard-times) ## Best For - abhijit v. banerjeeesther duflo enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted abhijit v. banerjeeesther duflo brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Good Economics for Hard Times - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71mZrppJgyL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Development Economics with Humor and Modesty *by O***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2023* So worth reading! Well written, well conceived, excellent bibliography.A lightning speed review of development economics, poverty and its alleviation (or attempts to do so) some of the problems in the attempts, tempered with the understanding that we understand little, the humility to think we don't have all the answers, the hope that by trying what we know, and instituting on a large scale some of the solutions that have worked with randomized control trials, we can make the world a much better place. One where people are treated with dignity, one where happiness is provided a place in the sun, as much as is formal economic growth. Highly recommended. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of economics research in here, well down, about our trying times *by C***R on Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2020* Very well done. I've read a LOT of economics in the past few years. These Nobel Prize winners wrote a wonderful study of Poverty economics - and they followed it up with this one. This discipline might actually become a science some day. They get behavioral economics - they understand about controlled experiments - and they are worried about our economic future - as well they might be. So they take the controversial economic decisions of our trying times, and explain the best research they have found - and point out how WRONG most of our government programs are. And how and why they are so blindly supported by the general public.. This is NOT rocket science - but it is advanced psychology. NOW - if we could just get this down to a 1 minute commercial for the super bowl - we might actually make some headway on getting the world's economy back on track. Well - at a minimum - you can help. Read it, refer it to friends - remember the stories and do not let those folk get away with their simplistic arguments. Thanks - we are all in this together and I'm counting on you. Thanks, Red Green. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars Readable economic overview of many of the topical problems we face today *by A***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2020* Good Economics for For Hard Times looks at many of the issues consuming policy makers of today from an economist lens. It does not side with over simplified invisible hand ideas and instead focuses on many of the consequences of "market failures" that occur naturally and how they are occurring on a variety of scales in a variety of problems. The authors do not try to make all encompassing predictions but rather discuss several topics in some detail that are quite topical. For a general audience the book is both readable and informative though little/none of it is particularly revolutionary. The authors try to remind readers that there are no big picture solutions to the large issues we face, but with more disciplined economic reasoning we can at least face those problems with a better toolkit than our emotions.The author discusses many contentious issues including immigration, trade and growth. The authors start with two of the most charged issues of the day, namely the consequences of immigration to wages and the consequences of trade to employment opportunities. For the former, they give their arguments for the general economics consensus wisdom that immigration is a net positive and that immigrants contribute to society. They do cite those that disagree and their studies, namely the counterarguments of Borja, but then give further evidence to dispute him. From an economists lens they argue well but certainly the arguments that carry the day aren't based on reasoning. The authors also discuss trade policy and make the argument that if labor cannot frictionlessly move as a function of opportunity, classical capitalist arguments will fail in practice. The authors show that this is the case in the US and that the lack of labor mobility means that frictions of trade are real and require new policy thinking. The authors discuss big concepts like materialism and its use in framing economic goals via prioritizing GDP over other measures of wellness. The authors highlight that when policy is framed it is framed in terms of maximizing output and such a narrow goal is questionable. Distributional concerns about where wealth gets concentrated is not discussed enough and maximizing output without concern for distribution is something that should be reconsidered. The authors discuss Robert Gordon's concerns that growth is structurally lower than last century when several foundational technologies enabled decades long windows of productivity growth. They also discuss the statistical measurement of productivity growth coming from the internet and communications revolution and that part of it could be hard to measure but in all, it is less than last decade; though there are some reasons to believe that could change for the better in the coming decades. The consequences of the ICT revolution is also concerns about automation and its consequences. Here the authors give both pictures but highlight that there should be concerns and that concepts like living wage don't have the empirical support as leading to higher well-being that is touted by techno optimists who don't want to deal with the labor problem.Good Economics for Hard Times gives a readable economist overview of some of the problems faced today and the ways to think about them as well as the cost benefit we face. It is quite even handed and grounded in evidence rather than ideology. That being said, these topics are largely discussed more comprehensively in other books so discussions of Gordon's view on growth and discussions of the consequences of automation are largely overviews of the works of other people. The book is certainly well written and entirely comprehensible so for the interested reader it will have something to offer. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/347760983-good-economics-for-hard-times](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/347760983-good-economics-for-hard-times) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-30*