Finance Nobel winner Abhijeet Banerjee's advice to govt: Reintroduce wealth tax, re-finance banking sector Updated : January 28, 2020 05:48 PM IST Economist Abhijit Banerjee said he did not expect wealth tax to be introduced right now. Abhijit Banerjee did not agree that the union government led by PM Narendra Modi wasn't "doing anything for the poor".