It's always refreshing to keep being reminded about the reasons why I remain optimistic about what's actually going on in economics research. A recent podcast episode by VoxEU, which featured this year's Yrjö Jahnsson Award winners, Oriana Bandiera and Imran Rasul, proved to be just one of those reminders. Generally speaking, the interview was aimed … Continue reading #WhatEconomistsReallyDo
Fasting And Elections
For several weeks now, I've been slowly adopting to life in Jakarta in conjuncture with many important events taking place in Indonesia. Two events have personally left me with significant impressions: the first being the hotly contested 2019 presidential elections, in which over 190 million were eligible to cast their votes on 17 April, and … Continue reading Fasting And Elections
Emi Nakamura And #WomenInEconomics
On 2 May, it was announced that the economist, Emi Nakamura (Berkeley), had earned the John Bates Clark Medal, an annually-awarded prize which enjoys similar prestige among young American economists as the Yrjö Jahnsson Award does among young European economists. While myself being an enthusiastic follower of the "credibility revolution" within microeconomics - which can … Continue reading Emi Nakamura And #WomenInEconomics
Dismantling Myths About Parenthood With New Data
https://nyti.ms/2vecHgC A recent piece on the New York Times by the economist, Emily Oster (Brown), briefly introduces her upcoming book about how common feelings of guilt among young parents - often transferred down by society and its gold standards of ideal parenthood - are refutable by new data-driven evidence suggesting that the feelings of guilt … Continue reading Dismantling Myths About Parenthood With New Data
Economics Is Not At A Stalemate
“Economics Now Points Away From the Laissez-Faire Approach”: This recent interview of the economist, Sureish Naidu (Columbia), briefly summarises all the reasons why economics these days has a lot more to contribute to the policy world, and that the (mistaken) conflation of economics with "neoliberalism" should be entering its final days. Here's a few quotes … Continue reading Economics Is Not At A Stalemate
Pro-Social Incentives And Skills In The Public Sector
Yesterday was a fantastic day for applied microeconmists, and which further reminded me of the very reasons why I eventually seek to become one. The European Economic Association (EEA) announced that the 2019 Yrjö Jahnsson Award, a prestigious bi-annual prize awarded to European economists under the age of 45, went to Oriana Bandiera (LSE) and … Continue reading Pro-Social Incentives And Skills In The Public Sector
Chef’s Table, Bo Songvisava And Thailand
A colleague of mine recently introduced me to “Chef’s Table”, a Netflix series documenting different world cuisines through stories of individual chefs and their lived experiences with their chosen cuisine of specialisation. The first episode that I chose to watch was on Thailand and Duangporn “Bo” Songvisava, a female Thai co-chef and co-owner of Bo.Lan, … Continue reading Chef’s Table, Bo Songvisava And Thailand
