BBCNEWS HARDtalk July 13, 2024
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with shaun ley. Hello and welcome to hardtalk. Im shaun ley. We use random trials to test whether medicines make a difference. Why not use the same method to find effective treatments for poverty . The experimental trials in africa and india run by professor esther duflo and two colleagues have won them the nobel prize for economics. Among theirfindings food aid isnt helping the poor, and the poorest kids dont need more books, they need more time. A fashionable idea wins the nobel prize. But is this really a story of failure of economists to predict the financial ...