Nobel-Winning Economists Duflo and Banerjee Will Leave Us for Switzerland
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Nobel-winning economists Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee are leaving the US for Switzerland, sparking discussion about potential reasons and implications, including tax policies.
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All the "brain drain due to Trump fascism" European politicians keep promising us will end up being a bunch of social science people.