Quotes by : Abhijit V. Banerjee

If the rules make such a difference, then it becomes very important who gets to make them.

If the teachers and the parents do not believe that the child can cross the hump and get into the steep....

We must arm ourselves with patience and wisdom and listen to the poor what they want. This is the best....

The poor stay poor here because they do not save enough.

the parts of the brain corresponding to the limbic system (thought to respond only to more visceral,....

But then it is easy, too easy, to sermonize about the dangers of paternalism and the need to take responsibility....