Thursday, March 9, 2017
Is It Better to Be Poor in Bangladesh or the Mississippi Delta?
An interesting interview with Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton. A lot of the work that got him the Nobel Prize was co-authored with his wife, Anne Case. Deaton himself seems pretty quick to bring up his wife's contributions to his work. It's too bad they weren't interviewed together.
However, in looking up his bio on wikipedia it mentions that Deaton and Case enjoy the opera and trout fishing. Which is just brings a delightful set of images to mind.
Anyway, the interview is thought-provoking.
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/03/angus-deaton-qa/518880/
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Great article overall - here comes my summer reading list.
ReplyDeleteI was so happy to read Dr. Deacon saying this bit! The media coverage he's referring to was infuriating:
"When the paper came out, it was a about week after I won the Nobel prize. The paper is Case and Deaton! The worst of [the press reaction were the stories describing us as] “Nobel Laureate Angus Deaton and his wife who is also a researcher.” "
Andi McCollam I'm pretty interested in the book Dreamland that he mentions if you'd like to book club that this summer.
ReplyDeleteBlue Gargantua Dreamland's description on Amazon looks fascinating I would be game for book clubbing that.
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