Studies, Edinburgh and Cambridge Universities. Since 1983, with Princeton University; July 2016, retired from professorship; currently, Emeritus Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Economics and International Affairs. Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson School. 2009, President, American Economic Association. Author; most recent book is The Great Escape: health, wealth, and the origins of inequality, which traces the improvements in health and material well-being, how progress has brought inequalities, and how those inequalities can both promote and hinder progress. Interests: poverty, inequality and well-being in the US, India and around the world.
Rather suddenly, capitalism is visibly sick. The virus of socialism has reemerged and is infecting the young once more. Wiser heads, who respect capitalism’s past achievements, want to sa...
International development aid is based on the Robin Hood principle: take from the rich and give to the poor. National development agencies, multilateral organizations, and NGOs currently ...
