Chris Blattman on Development, Conflict, and Doing What’s Interesting
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English - March 14, 2018 12:18 - 1 hour - 49.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 2.2K ratingsSelf-Improvement Education Society & Culture entrepreneurship politics health interview leadership business news comedy culture books Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Chris Blattman’s made his career as a development economist by finding a place he likes and finding a reason to live there. Not a bad strategy considering the impact of the work he’s done in Liberia, Uganda, and most recently, Colombia. He joins Tyler to talk about what he’s learned from his work there, including the efficacy of cash transfers, the spread of violence and conflict, factory jobs as a social safety net, Botswana’s underappreciated growth miracle, Battlestar Galactica, standing desks, how to write papers with your spouse, and more.
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Recorded February 8th, 2018
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