Immigration, economics & poverty

1 · Siddhartha · Nov. 1, 2022, midnight
Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems by Dr. Abhijit Banerjee et al. is one of the best books that I have read this year. Chapter 2 to chapter 4 of this book should be compulsory reading in the social science school curriculum. Understanding the connections between poverty, trade and human desires should definitely be useful in life. The book made me aware about my own ignorance of many popular economic narratives that I took for granted. For example: I was surpr...