From my email inbox this morning, one of my research assistants reports issues on a large field experiment and crime victimization survey I am running
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. How We Undercounted Evictions By Asking The Wrong Questions is a good story about good
In the past couple of days I have tentatively returned to reading Twitter, Facebook and Reddit and, tellingly, none of these finds came from any
In the midst of this US election season, I bring you the first and last time that Canada’s Rhinoceros Party was allowed to appear on
It’s that time of year. Kids are starting college. Near graduates, terrified by the job market, are wondering whether they can just stay on for
Joshua Yaffa has a good profile of two Ukrainian activists and journalists turned politicians–Mustafa Nayyem and Sergii Leshchenko–in The New Yorker. This bit jumped out
Insights into the economics of modern day blockbusters, and why they all sound the same–sometimes literally.
Pranab Bardhan in the JEL on the State and development, where the subtitle is “The Need for a Reappraisal of the Current Literature Ikea “sells
Not as much as you’d think, given my unplanned 6-week blogging break. Buying a home and moving a family is… intense. As I become a
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Above: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Chair Jack Coleman Yale economists Dean Karlan and Chris
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. A very nice obituary of D.A. Henderson, the public health official who ended up leading
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. After 50 years of conflict, the government of Colombia and the FARC have reached a
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Image credit: 3ie Academic types imagining a more #RealisticIndianaJones got it trending on twitter. 3ie has updated
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Reason to test policies first, transplant edition: A study concludes that a Medicare policy change
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
As a committed Democrat, this might have made me change my vote: I would credit this to a colleague but perhaps he does not want
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. “Surfing helps reduce extreme rural poverty, by encouraging people to nearby towns. When a wave is
We’ve yet to read an interview with the person who styled Bill’s silver locks for last night’s DNC appearance, or even see a brief in
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. The new Freakonomics podcast, “What are gender barriers made of?” is a nice look a
The following are some remarks I made at the UK’s Department for International Development in June. I want to start with a story about Liberia.
Unofficially, the WSJ reports that the next World Bank Chief Economist will be Paul Romer. Romer made his career on growth theory, but most lately
