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Esther Duflo

RCTs in development economics.

Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at MIT and co-director of J-PAL (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab). She and Abhijit Banerjee were awarded the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences alongside Michael Kremer for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. Her RCT framework transformed development economics from policy advocacy into an evidence-based discipline.

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Frameworks

Attributed to Esther Duflo

Mental models, principles, and operating frameworks extracted from sources where Esther is the credited author or speaker.

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Climate Damages Grand Bargain

Tax global wealth to fund direct cash transfers to citizens of countries bearing the climate damage.

Finance·from Tax the Rich and Save the Planet

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Sources by Esther Duflo

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Podcast

Tax the Rich and Save the Planet

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Top neighbors of Esther Duflo

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Abhijit Banerjee

RCT development framework; Poor Economics.

invisible hand; division of labor.

Albert Hirschman

Exit, Voice, and Loyalty; linkages.

Alfred Marshall

supply-and-demand; consumer surplus.

market design; matching theory.

capability approach; social choice.

heuristics-and-biases (would-be Nobel; foundational to behavioral econ).

consumption and welfare measurement.

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10 May 2026

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