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Book-Blogging: More Than Good Intentions
Dean Karlan and Jacob Appel’s book, More Than Good Intentions, is perhaps the most readable discourse available on development economics’ current obsession, randomized controlled trials (RCTs). For...
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Jeffrey Gettleman’s profile of Paul Kagame, the President of Rwanda, is an excellent introduction to the man and the country, though readers with some knowledge of the past and present situation won’t...
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After various wars and failed colonial administrations, the West carved up the world into countries, often arbitrarily drawing lines that didn’t conform to local power structures, ethnic realities,...
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Economic segregation in America is increasing – not a new trend, exactly, but the divide seems to be getting wider, faster. The Washington, D.C., suburbs (dubbed the Super ZIPs for their high...
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This is big, big news for Welltok/CafeWell – a partnership with IBM to make Watson (the computer that beat Ken Jennings in Jeopardy) available to give health advice to CafeWell customers Preliminary...
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I think this author’s take on all of the Twitter accounts that post historical pictures is pretty spot on: the pictures are vacuous, unattributed, and often wrong. There’s clearly a market for time...
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Love this - local problem, local idea, local solution Adrianna and Austin of the Incidental Economist on why they think the recent article on RCTs at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation...
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“I knew I had to leave Sporting Goods Inc. when I realized I was turning into the sort-of overeager employee who is way too emotionally invested in a crappy menial job that does its best to devalue...
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A very, very good overview of the reasons (and evidence) to think that allowing open migration from developing to developed countries is a very, very good thing. Justin Sandefur is an engaging and...
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