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Worm wars continued (but not by me)

Michael Clemens and Justin Sandfur at CGD weigh in: Suppose a chemistry lab claimed that when it mixed two chemicals, the mixture rose in temperature

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Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. An interesting new Center for Global Development working paper looks at the effects of family

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Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. This American Life sent four people to explore refugee camps in Greece. They did a

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Following psychology’s current “repligate” and econ’s Worm Wars, I wrote a guide to how to read “debunking” news stories (including the Wu-Tang Clan rule). You

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Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Max Roser reminds us that the data sets above (known as Abscombe’s quartet) all have the same

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Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Adapted from flickr.com/tinkerszone   In a revealing and moving interview, two researchers describe their research into the

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Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Worm Wars update: Michael Clemens and Justin Sandefur have the best explainer so far. Esther Duflo

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Guest Post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. We’ve collected some of our favorite #DevelopmentValentines from last week. Africa is a Country has

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Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. If you thought your day was going to go well, Nathan Yau has an addicting

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Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. In a new (holiday release?) edition of WormWars (PDF), Miguel, Kremer, and Hicks address some of

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Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Our apologies, the links are a bit late, but you’ll never believe what happened this

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