Abhijit Banerjee

If people don't want blue-collar work, our labour costs will remain high and our competitiveness low. ”

If there can be films about why hockey (and not just cricket) is cool, there can be a film or two about the virtues of honest, hard work. ”

You have to take it seriously that the economy is in crisis. ”

The investment climate in Gujarat under Modi has been very supportive of business interests; but it was the same under the Congress governments that came before him. ”

If you want to leave move money in the hands of poor people, you cannot do it through personal income tax cuts. You have to just give them money. ”

We've learned a huge amount from organisations like Seva Mandir and Pratham, for example. In my personal experience, these organisations work on a very large scale with very poor people. ”

You don't boost growth by cutting taxes, you do that by giving money to people. ”

It is undeniable that the looming environmental crisis is partly the consequence of population growth. ”