Poor Economics Revisited

Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee is an economist and writer, currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at MIT and a Founder and Co-Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab. He was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, along with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer, for their groundbreaking work in developing innovative experimental approaches to alleviating global poverty. Their fieldwork has significantly influenced public policy and guided transformative shifts in development economics. He has authored a wide range of essays and books, including Poor Economics, Good Economics for Hard Times, Cooking to Save Your Life, and Chhaunk: On Food, Economics and Society. He has also directed a couple of documentary films. His work reflects an ever-evolving, multidisciplinary, and deeply compelling engagement with life’s near-infinite questions.

Jyotsna Mohan is a journalist and writer with nearly 30 years in television, print and digital media. A former Senior Editor and Senior Anchor at NDTV, her debut book, Stoned, Shamed, Depressed, was an exposé on urban teenagers. Based on the family newspaper, her latest book, Pratap: A Defiant Newspaper, which she co-authored with her journalist father, dives into the legacy of fearless journalism. She is a columnist for publications in India and abroad and hosts the podcast ‘Table Talk with Jo.’ She is a recipient of the 2025 Sanatan Puraskar for Literature.