Esther Duflo Quotes


I don't go to the beach. There is no value in going to the beach. If I did go I would probably read economics books.


Citations

Kuper, Simon. "Lunch with the FT: Esther Duflo." Financial Times, 25 Nov. 2011.

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Esther Duflo
Esther Duflo
  • Born: October 25, 1972
  • Nationality: French, American
  • Profession: Economist

Esther Duflo, FBA is a French–American economist who is a professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is the co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), which was established in 2003. She shared the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer, "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty".