Esther Duflo on poverty economics
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Development economist and 2010 John Bates Clark Medal award winner Esther Duflo sits down with host Cardiff Garcia at MIT to discuss the latest findings in poverty economics, the importance of political institutions, the debates over the usefulness of randomised control trials, and much more. Music: "Pillow Tree Version 2" by Uncle Bibby.
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