India, Oct. 21 -- Dr. Abhijit Banerjee is one of the three individuals to have won the 2019 Nobel in Economic Sciences for his work on developmental economics. More specifically, his work is about breaking down the larger problem of poverty into smaller, more specific, more manageable questions, within smaller contexts and using clinical trial methods to help achieve better outcomes.
While there was much controversy around the world, surrounding methodology, Banerjee's identity, affiliation and association were the most discussed aspects in the Indian social space. Since he is of Indian origin, it was to be expected that Indians would be talking about him and his Nobel. Given the age of heightened identity awareness that we live in, and gi...