International development aid is based on the Robin Hood principle: take from the rich and give to the poor. …A more formal term for the
I love that the first thing he writes is an essay titled “Statistical objectivity is a cloak spun from political yarn”, even more so because
Tim Ogden interviewed Angus Deaton for his forthcoming book, Experimental Conversations, and has published the full text online. Tim Taylor on the Nobel: Every year
I was a master’s student at Harvard, more interested in economic history than anything else, when my econometrics professor, Rob Jensen, hired me to spend
I was talking with a prominent development economist a couple of weeks ago. He expressed surprise that Angus Deaton’s new book on development wasn’t getting
Famed development economist Angus Deaton writes in the Royal Economic Society Newsletter: So what is it that economics brings to malaria, child soldiering, or the
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. There’s a lot of basic social science documenting humanity’s flaws, biases, and injustices, but less
Daniel Kahneman on happiness vs. life satisfaction, and low-hanging fruit for both
One of the things Chris is up to these days is being the academic lead for the new Peace and Recovery Initiative at IPA, which
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. I mentioned last week that Cape Town is set to run out of water, now
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Pardon our remodeling! Chris is migrating his site to new servers, our apologies for any
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Heard about Universal Basic Income (UBI)? UBI, UBI, UBI, UBI, UBI, UBI. A sad but fascinating
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Through Nov 20, an anonymous donor is doubling donations to my employer, Innovations for Poverty
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. I’m going to pitch Netflix a superhero show based loosely on David Evans, whose superpower is
Angus Deaton and Nancy Cartwright release their essay, “Understanding and Misunderstanding Randomized Controlled Trials,” containing many important messages, not least of which include “don’t underestimate
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Somehow yesterday turned into Guaranteed Basic Income Day. In the morning, Freakonomics released a podcast
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. If your work involves transcribing audio or video, Trint looks interesting. It extracts the text and
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. The Great IPA Travel Podcast Playlist is out – we’ve got lots of links to
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Indiana University and The Salvation Army’s collaborative “Human Needs Index” If somehow you haven’t heard,
