Balancing hope and despair in turbulent times

By Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, Nobel Prize-winning economists.

As long as we do the best we can, and appreciate life’s fullness, we will leave the world a better place for our children.

History offers many lessons, but the big picture is always a tangled skein of multicolored wool. Where it leads says a lot about the particular strand that we choose to follow — the optimist always finds a thread that the pessimist will carefully avoid.

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The New York Times
DATE PUBLISHED
1
December
2022
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