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50. Edward Miguel on Collecting Economic Data by Canoe and Correlating Conflict with Rainfall

Nov 6, 2021
52 mins

Episode Description

He’s a pioneer of using randomized control experiments in economics — studying the long-term benefits of a $1 health intervention in Africa. Steve asks Edward, a Berkeley professor, about Africa’s long-term economic prospects, and how a parking-ticket-scandal in New York City led to a major finding on corruption around the world.


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