Abhijit Banerjee

My guess is that while the elites would like cleaner air, they are not willing to give up the convenience of being able to use their cars at will to get it, perhaps because they believe (I suspect incorrectly) that they can protect themselves from the consequences of vehicular pollution by investing in air-conditioners and air purifiers. ”

Independence day is an interesting time to reflect on our strange fealty to institutions that the British left us, including those that were explicitly set up to be used against us. ”

If PM-Kisan is implemented well, it will leave some money in the hands of poor farmers. ”

The AAP from the beginning made it clear that they were about changing policy and not being a symbol of purity in a corrupt world. ”

I will confess that in general decisiveness worries me; it is often an excuse for being impatient with the details or insufficiently sensitive to other people's concerns. ”

One advantage of not being in power is that we can dream of reshaping the world exactly as we please. ”

If the BJP government, like the Congress party, had asked what were the numbers on the fraction of people under a particular income, would I have not told them the truth? I would have told them exactly. I would have been as willing. ”

Investors don't like being in a world where everything is held up by and waiting for an approval from a very small number of people. ”

I have learnt an enormous amount from talking to people on the ground. ”

Franklin Delano Roosevelt eventually became the greatest liberal leader of 20th century United States, but he started as a fiscal conservative. His greatness is founded in his willingness to change his mind to save his country from the Great Depression. ”