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Abhijit Banerjee

b. 1961

Abhijit Banerjee (b. 1961) is an Indian-born American economist who won the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences alongside Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. He is a professor at MIT and a co-founder of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), known for using randomized controlled trials to test development interventions.

Economics

Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty (2011)
Good Economics for Hard Times (2019)
The Age of Influence: The Power of Behavioral Economics (2023)
A Randomized Evaluation of the Impact of a School-Based Deworming Program in Kenya (2004)
TED Talk: 'The Power of Thinking Small' (2013)
Op-ed: 'The Poverty Trap Is a Myth' in The New York Times (2019)
Interview: 'Why We Need to Rethink Development' on The Ezra Klein Show (2020)

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