Book review: A dozen problems with the economy and about as many solutions

By far the best chapter in the book is "Fixing Schools" by Karthik Muralidharan

Naushad Forbes 

I have picked up few books with greater anticipation. The list of editors and authors would roughly match a list of My Favourite Economists.

This book is hugely comprehensive: in 200 smallish, and generously spaced pages and font, it can be read in three hours, and ranges across every subject from healthcare, education, welfare reform, exports, banking reform and the financial sector, to land, energy, female-workforce participation and the environment. This wide coverage gives one a good sense of the challenges facing any reform-minded government. But its comprehensiveness is also its main ...

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First Published: Sat, May 25 2019. 01:57 IST