Note: This interview, originally published on April 7, 2017, is being republished on the occasion of Abhijit Banerjee winning the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, also known as the Economics Nobel.M.K. Venu, founding editor of The Wire, and Abhijit Banerjee, economist, professor and co-founder of Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), talk about poverty and economic development in India.