Pranab Bardhan

Pranab Bardhan is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. His latest book is A World of Insecurity: Democratic Disenchantment in Rich and Poor Countries.

What Will It Take to Save Democracy?

Financial Times commentator Martin Wolf says “it’s the economy, stupid.” The truth is more complicated.

  • Pranab Bardhan

The Real Source of Right-Wing Populism

It’s cultural resentment, not economic malaise.

  • Pranab Bardhan

Little, Big

Big-time development economists are missing something.

  • Pranab Bardhan

Who Represents the Poor?

The limits of the NGO movement in global development.

  • Pranab Bardhan

Experimental Fad

Small-scale experimental methods do not offer much guidance.

  • Pranab Bardhan

What Makes a Miracle

Some myths about the rise of China and India.

  • Pranab Bardhan

Some Up, Some Down

Some Up, Some Down

  • Pranab Bardhan
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