In development, plan for sailboats not trains Michael Clemons on The Economic Case for Migration Restrictions How Behavioral Science Can Help in International Development Adele’s “Hello” covered in Swahili How to rescue people from deep poverty—and why the best methods work
Another year has gone by and I’m still blogging. Here are a list of the top posts from the past year, listed in order of popularity. 1. 7 Thoughts on Syrian Refugees 2. Poor Behavior: 3 Myths about Behavioral Economics 3. [Book Review] Africa: Why Economists Get it Wrong 4. The Economics of Climate Change and Water in Kenya…
Via the Development Research Institute at New York University, “Happy Holidays to Ordinary People”: Cyrenius, the governor of Syria, was excited about the new regional development plan he had prepared for the area covering Syria, Galilee, and Judea. Cyrenius had already ascended rapidly through the Roman bureaucracy, but he expected this new program meeting the Roman…
That’s an okay explanation, but I think there is an even more profound lesson about economics woven into this classic movie. It’s a topic I interact with regularly and one that is often misunderstood. In the movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life” George Bailey gets the outrageous opportunity to see what the world would be like…
Women’s Progress Outdid China’s One Child Policy (or Amartya Sen on what makes social changes change) Moving Beyond Microcredit “How can I avoid becoming cynical about aid work?” Saving the World, Startup Style What’s a Christian development economist good for anyway? The Economics of Syrian Refugees Washington’s Wave of Anti-Refugee Hysteria is Missing Something: Facts
Last year I paid my graduate school bills researching refugee resettlement in the United States. Back then, when I told people my research topic they usually responded, “Oh, interesting!” And refrained from asking any follow up questions. That’s all different now. Blog posts I’ve written months ago on the topic of refugee resettlement without much…
[VIDEO] ‘Worm Wars’ for dummies Why we need data on what the poorest actually think A reminder for those thinking about poverty traps Profits vs. Love [VIDEO] How to feel good about poverty…. Open your history books and rip out all the pages Why Angus Deaton Deserved the Economics Nobel Prize [VIDEO] Ezra Klein talks about popularizing…
