"There is something scary about the degree of power that Western academics can exercise over poor people in places like Kayole-Soweto." Read our article based on research on access to water in Nairobi, by Jethron Ayumbah Faith Kasina Irene Nduta Adrian Wilson lght.ly/o02en1e.

Imagining Greg Mankiw driving around in a new Corvette with the license plate “11TH ED”

economist.com/1843/2024/03/0… Imp piece on how to think about the broader importance and ethical implications of RCTs by my dear friend Linda Kinstler

This excellent article points out the ethical nuances involved in RCT research in Kenya. Randomistas like @tedmiguel are increasingly paying attention to participants’ understandings of RCTs. Linda’s article should help push others in this direction. #EconTwitter

The Economist revisits the RCT wars economist.com/1843/2024/03/0…

Just as we are finalizing an example in our book on RCTS (using critical work of Adrian Wilson Jethron Ayumbah and others on the cutting of water for Kenyans)... The Economist pops up on my timeline confirming the discipline is still shit and the world is still mad.

I had hoped that my reporting on the aftermath of RCTs in Western Kenya would finally get Maurice paid. He has waited over a decade for a payment of $1000. In the absence of other options, Adrian Wilson & Mario Schmidt have started a fund to deliver him the funds themselves:

So Angus Deaton is now - pro-union - anti-trade, and - anti-immigration He says he has rethought his "ethical judgments about trade-offs between domestic and foreign workers." imf.org/en/Publication…

Oh my god

Why doesn't Apple have a pronoun field on iPhone contact cards?

One of the nightmare AI scenarios is happening right now. A mind blowing article about the way that AI prediction of Hamas militants combined with a steep lowering of Israel’s traditionally very high bar for a strike (and civilian “collateral damage”) has helped lead to massive

The new edition of Mankiw's Macroeconomics textbook has a policy box titled "The Economic Consequences of Mr. Trump." I'm guessing he felt pretty clever when he thought of that one

#Blog | "Our data shows that dignity matters, whether you're in the US, Nigeria, or India, but people have differing understandings of dignity," notes Tom Wein (@tom_wein) and Cait Lamberton. In their recent blog, they share why we urgently need to examine the understanding of

German parliament has passed a resolution that explicitly makes IHRA definition of antisemitism binding for public funding and universities.