Just Economics
A Better Deal for People and Planet
$50.99
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
20 April 2027
Summary
‘Phenomenal…the best book ever written on climate change’ Cass R. Sunstein
Why does a fisherman in Dakar work even longer hours when temperatures rise? What makes extreme heat in Seattle fifteen times more deadly than in Houston? Why can’t Indigenous communities in Brazil get the help they desperately need?
The lives of the world’s poorest are already harder, hotter and shorter, with much of it due to the actions of the world’s wealthiest. But just as the rich…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241766491 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241766494 |
| Author: | Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Allen Lane |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 20 April 2027 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 156mm x 240mm |
Critics Review
‘Phenomenal, the best book ever written on climate change…For a world searching for solutions, search no more’ – Cass R. Sunstein co-author of Nudge
Phenomenal…the best book ever written on climate change…packed with new information, brimming with fresh ideas, and identifying paths forward. For a world searching for solutions, search no more – Cass R. Sunstein co-author of Nudge
Powerful, a must-read – Thomas Piketty author of Capital in the 21st Century
Essential for everybody who cares about climate change and global poverty…This well-researched, impassioned and readable book clearly explains the climate challenge and its human consequences, and proposes workable solutions – Daron Acemoglu, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
Abhijit V. Banerjee
Abhijit V. Banerjee
Winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics, Abhijit Banerjee is the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). In 2011, he was named one of the top global thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine. Banerjee served on the U.N. Secretary-General’s High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
Esther Duflo
Winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics, Esther Duflo is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). Duflo is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Science, and has received numerous academic honors and prizes including the Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences (2015), the Infosys Prize (2014), the Dan David Prize (2013), a John Bates Clark Medal (2010), and a MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship (2009).
Michael Greenstone
Michael Greenstone is a distinguished professor at the University of Chicago and co-director of the Climate Impact Lab.
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