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Top 25 Abhijit V. Banerjee Quotes (2025 Update)

Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “Economics is too important to be left to economists.”

1. “Economics is too important to be left to economists.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “The point is simple: talking about the problems of the world without talking about some accessible solutions is the way to paralysis rather than progress.”

2. “The point is simple: talking about the problems of the world without talking about some accessible solutions is the way to paralysis rather than progress.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “Herd behavior generates informational cascades: the information on which the first people base their decision will have an outsized influence on what all the others believe.”

3. “Herd behavior generates informational cascades: the information on which the first people base their decision will have an outsized influence on what all the others believe.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “If the rules make such a difference, then it becomes very important who gets to make them.”

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

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “And, perhaps most urgently, how can society help all those people the markets have left behind?”

5. “And, perhaps most urgently, how can society help all those people the markets have left behind?”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “In the slums of Delhi, a study found that only 34 percent of the “doctors” had a formal medical degree.”

6. “In the slums of Delhi, a study found that only 34 percent of the “doctors” had a formal medical degree.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “Awareness of our problems thus does not necessarily mean that they get solved. It may just mean that we are able to perfectly anticipate where we will fail.”

7. “Awareness of our problems thus does not necessarily mean that they get solved. It may just mean that we are able to perfectly anticipate where we will fail.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “There is always some cheap pleasant thing to tempt you.”

8. “There is always some cheap pleasant thing to tempt you.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “What is dangerous is not making mistakes, but to be so enamored of one’s point of view that one does not let facts get in the way. To make progress, we have to constantly go back to the facts, acknowledge our errors, and move.”

9. “What is dangerous is not making mistakes, but to be so enamored of one’s point of view that one does not let facts get in the way. To make progress, we have to constantly go back to the facts, acknowledge our errors, and move.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “A combination of unrealistic goals, unnecessarily pessimistic expectations, and the wrong incentives for teachers contributes to ensure that education systems in developing countries fail their two main tasks: giving everyone a sound basic set of skills, and identifying talent.”

10. “A combination of unrealistic goals, unnecessarily pessimistic expectations, and the wrong incentives for teachers contributes to ensure that education systems in developing countries fail their two main tasks: giving everyone a sound basic set of skills, and identifying talent.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “The government exists in part to solve problems no other institution can realistically tackle. To demonstrate waste in government, one needs to show there is an alternative way of organizing the same activity that works better.”

11. “The government exists in part to solve problems no other institution can realistically tackle. To demonstrate waste in government, one needs to show there is an alternative way of organizing the same activity that works better.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “For each successful entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley or elsewhere, many have had to fail.”

12. “For each successful entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley or elsewhere, many have had to fail.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “For that, we need to understand what undermines trust in economists. A part of the answer is that there is plenty of bad economics around. Those who represent the “economists” in the public discourse are not usually the same people who are part of the IGM Booth panel.”

13. “For that, we need to understand what undermines trust in economists. A part of the answer is that there is plenty of bad economics around. Those who represent the “economists” in the public discourse are not usually the same people who are part of the IGM Booth panel.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “Most people believed, correctly, that most normal North Africans tended to be relatively poor and therefore unlikely to be able to afford a new car, and on the basis of that statistical association their presumption was that the individual North African driver of a nice car was a criminal. Now they assume he is an Uber driver, which is clear progress.”

14. “Most people believed, correctly, that most normal North Africans tended to be relatively poor and therefore unlikely to be able to afford a new car, and on the basis of that statistical association their presumption was that the individual North African driver of a nice car was a criminal. Now they assume he is an Uber driver, which is clear progress.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “So at the end of the day, although we will try to stitch together the best evidence for these theories, the result will be tentative. We have already seen that growth is hard to measure. It is even harder to know what drives it, and therefore to make policy to make it happen. Given that, we will argue, it may be time to abandon our profession’s obsession with growth.”

15. “So at the end of the day, although we will try to stitch together the best evidence for these theories, the result will be tentative. We have already seen that growth is hard to measure. It is even harder to know what drives it, and therefore to make policy to make it happen. Given that, we will argue, it may be time to abandon our profession’s obsession with growth.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “The answers to these problems take more than a tweet. So there is an urge to just avoid them. And partly as a result, nations are doing very little to solve the most pressing challenges of our time; they continue to feed the anger and the distrust that polarize us, which makes us even more incapable of talking, thinking together, doing something about them. It often feels like a vicious cycle.”

16. “The answers to these problems take more than a tweet. So there is an urge to just avoid them. And partly as a result, nations are doing very little to solve the most pressing challenges of our time; they continue to feed the anger and the distrust that polarize us, which makes us even more incapable of talking, thinking together, doing something about them. It often feels like a vicious cycle.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “It is easy to forget, especially in a crisis, the need to protect as far as possible the dignity of those being helped.”

17. “It is easy to forget, especially in a crisis, the need to protect as far as possible the dignity of those being helped.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “After the first lot of policyholders universally claimed to have lost their cattle, they decided that in order to claim that an animal had died, the owner would need to show the ear of the dead cow. The result was a robust market in cows’ ears: Any cow that died, insured or not, would have its ear cut off and the ear would then be sold to those who had insured a cow. That way they could claim the insurance and keep their cow. In.”

18. “After the first lot of policyholders universally claimed to have lost their cattle, they decided that in order to claim that an animal had died, the owner would need to show the ear of the dead cow. The result was a robust market in cows’ ears: Any cow that died, insured or not, would have its ear cut off and the ear would then be sold to those who had insured a cow. That way they could claim the insurance and keep their cow. In.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “A better conversation must start by acknowledging the deep human desire for dignity and human contact, and to treat it not as a distraction, but as a better way to understand each other, and to set ourselves free from what appear to be intractable oppositions. Restoring human dignity to its central place, we argue in this book, sets off a profound rethinking of economic priorities and the ways in which societies care for their members, particularly when they are in need.”

19. “A better conversation must start by acknowledging the deep human desire for dignity and human contact, and to treat it not as a distraction, but as a better way to understand each other, and to set ourselves free from what appear to be intractable oppositions. Restoring human dignity to its central place, we argue in this book, sets off a profound rethinking of economic priorities and the ways in which societies care for their members, particularly when they are in need.”

— Abhijit V. Banerjee

Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “Only a social policy founded on respect for the dignity of the individual can help make the average citizen more open to ideas of toleration.”

20. “Only a social policy founded on respect for the dignity of the individual can help make the average citizen more open to ideas of toleration.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “After every patient left, the doctor would come outside and make a show of washing his needle with water from the drum. This was his way of signaling that he was being careful. We do not know whether he actually infected anyone with his syringe, but doctors in Udaipur talk about a particular doctor who infected an entire village with Hepatitis B by reusing the same unsterilized needle.”

21. “After every patient left, the doctor would come outside and make a show of washing his needle with water from the drum. This was his way of signaling that he was being careful. We do not know whether he actually infected anyone with his syringe, but doctors in Udaipur talk about a particular doctor who infected an entire village with Hepatitis B by reusing the same unsterilized needle.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “The call to action is not just for academic economists – it is for all of us who want a better, saner, more humane world. Economics is too important to be left to economists.”

22. “The call to action is not just for academic economists – it is for all of us who want a better, saner, more humane world. Economics is too important to be left to economists.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “More generally, time inconsistency is a strong argument for making it as easy as possible for people to do the “right” thing, while, perhaps, leaving them the freedom to opt.”

23. “More generally, time inconsistency is a strong argument for making it as easy as possible for people to do the “right” thing, while, perhaps, leaving them the freedom to opt.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “Additionally, there is good evidence that people particularly hate mistakes of their own making. The world is fraught with uncertainties, many of which people have no control over. These vagaries make them unhappy, but perhaps not as unhappy as making an active choice that ends up, purely as a result of bad luck, making them worse off than if they had done nothing.”

24. “Additionally, there is good evidence that people particularly hate mistakes of their own making. The world is fraught with uncertainties, many of which people have no control over. These vagaries make them unhappy, but perhaps not as unhappy as making an active choice that ends up, purely as a result of bad luck, making them worse off than if they had done nothing.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “This is why political institutions matter – they exist to prevent leaders from organizing the economy for their private benefit.”

25. “This is why political institutions matter – they exist to prevent leaders from organizing the economy for their private benefit.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “In one large US university, where roommates were assigned at random, a study found that white students who happened to end up with African American roommates were significantly more likely to endorse affirmative action, and that white students assigned roommates from any minority group were more likely to continue to interact socially with members of other ethnic groups after their first year, when they had full freedom in choosing whom to associate with.”

26. “In one large US university, where roommates were assigned at random, a study found that white students who happened to end up with African American roommates were significantly more likely to endorse affirmative action, and that white students assigned roommates from any minority group were more likely to continue to interact socially with members of other ethnic groups after their first year, when they had full freedom in choosing whom to associate with.”

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Abhijit V. Banerjee Quote: “Capital-scarce economies grow faster because new investment is highly productive. Rich economies, which are, in general, capital abundant, tend to grow more slowly because new investment is not as productive.”

27. “Capital-scarce economies grow faster because new investment is highly productive. Rich economies, which are, in general, capital abundant, tend to grow more slowly because new investment is not as productive.”

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