Esther Duflo
Esther Duflo is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Together with Abhijit Banerjee of MIT and Michael Kremer of Harvard University, she is the recipient of the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Commentary
Esther Duflo: How to Find the Right Questions
In this piece, originally published in 2011 by the American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession, Esther Duflo, co-recipient of...
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Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Eastman Kodak, Private Equity Hospitals, and America’s First Female Recession
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.Â
Antitrust and Competition
Tech Monopolies Are the Reason the US Now Has a TikTok Problem
Tech platforms like Facebook say we should protect, empower, and celebrate their concentrated power for the sake of America’s national security. But...
Inequality
Police Stops of Black Drivers Increase Following Trump Rallies, New Study SuggestsÂ
A new study looks into how Trump's 2016 presidential campaign affected police behavior toward Black Americans and finds that the probability that...
Antitrust and Competition
Big Tech Is Officially Too Big to Manage
Last week’s Congressional hearing on Big Tech showed the CEOs of the four largest tech platforms unable to answer basic questions about...
Antitrust and Competition
The House’s Big Tech Hearing: Break Ups Large and Small?
Last week’s epic House hearing on online platforms raised many issues, chief among which was the question who gets to operate at...
Corporate Governance
How Hedge Fund Performance Fees Fail Investors
In the hedge fund industry, there is a material disconnect between funds’ lifetime performance and lifetime incentive fees for managers. A new...
COMMENTARIES
Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Google, Shale, and Fraudulent Honey
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.
