Mainstream economics still thinks growth is essential, but this blind belief in GDP is just enriching the rich and killing the planet. We don’t need more growth to improve people’s lives. By working less, buying and producing less, and investing in public services, we can improve quality of life – and fight the climate crisis. THE CORRESPONDENT
Read MoreThe critique of economic growth, once a fringe position, is gaining widespread attention in the face of the climate crisis. THE NEW YORKER
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Read MoreAbhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo are immigrants themselves — and they both think the evidence shows we need more people like them. VOX
Read MoreThe three researchers work on global poverty, studying interventions in a range of areas: combating teacher absenteeism, direct cash transfers to the extreme poor, policing drunk driving, and studying the effects of access to textbooks on students, among others. They’ve also made extraordinary contributions to developing the methods used to study these subjects, with a focus on randomized controlled trials (RCTs). VOX
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