Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. David Evans has two good posts, an intro to eval for NGOs “Is My
Everywhere I turn I keep seeing people writing about the way that ideas and ideology shape development paths: what political strategies get pursued, what institutions
Adrian Chen in the New Yorker describes one man, Fabio Krasniqi, and his attempt to organize Laguardia airport Uber drivers after Uber suddenly dropped fares
On a long car drive this weekend, I happened to listen to this brilliant This American Life podcast: If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to
Why do crime rates differ greatly across neighborhoods and schools? Comparing youth who were assigned to opposite sides of newly drawn school boundaries, we show
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Priceonomics combines census data with historical accounts in a very interesting piece “The Great Migration:
In order that I have enjoyed shows in the past year: The Expanse. A new space opera. The best since BSG, and maybe only second
I have only lived in New York for about nine years, so I’m not really in a position to decide who gets to be a
Developed by three young software-engineering students at the University of Iceland, it lets users instantly compare their lineage by bumping their mobile devices together. The
A Chinese firm has purchased the rights to the Tiananmen Square “Tank Man” photo from Bill Gates Men talk more than women, even in Disney
Alex Tabarrok gives us two reasons Housing is overrated as a financial investment. First, it’s not good to have a significant share of your wealth
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling’s website made a big announcement over the weekend: there are wizarding schools in the U.S., Japan, and… Africa: Although Africa
Ken Opalo writes one of my favorite blogs. One of four I subscribe to by email. What will be the impact of machine learning on
People occasionally email me articles or videos that might interest me. I love getting these. As sales pitches go, however, an email labeled “Comedy Talk
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. More important, updated data show that communities served by the “go-getters” are doing better
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. The idea of a social safety net that guarantees a “basic income” has been gathering
I had somehow missed Max Roser’s amazing graphs at OurWorldInData.org–I am now using several every class #RuinADateWithAnAcademicInFiveWords Fatal insomnia I’m a big fan of Gimlet
i gather academic Twitter is exploding over a New England Journal of Medicine editorial that worries that: a new class of research person will emerge—people
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
