Raj Chetty: This was an impressive study conducted by my colleagues Nathan Hendren and Ben Sprung-Keyser at Harvard… and the main punchline that they arrived… Read More »Raj Chetty on return on investment for social programs
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What are the tradeoffs in this situation? What gains can be made from trade and cooperation? How can we reframe this question to find new… Read More »Three questions from economics
Economics is a critical lens for understanding how change happens, key issues in the politics of justice and equality, and for building effective organisations. If… Read More »Resource: Introduction to Economics at Marginal Revolution University
Language is created anew every generation by the minds of the children who construct it out of the data that they get from their parents… Read More »Steven Pinker on passing on language
I’ve been trying to learn to solder – on and off – for something close to 24 years. It never worked for me: the solder… Read More »Better tools
Update 2021-02: New post on kind, wicked and fiendish learning environments These are terms used by psychologist Robin Hogarth, and what a “kind” learning environment… Read More »David Epstein on kind and wicked learning environments
You’re not just the CEO or the CIO … Expand your title to see your role as the CPS – the Chief Problem Solver. In… Read More »Chief Problem Solver
The number-one factor holding people back from achieving what they are truly capable of is not a lack of knowledge, intellect, or information. It’s not… Read More »Brian Moran and Michael Lennington on execution
Be Your Own Guru You have fifteen minutes in a room with the expert of your choice. What question would you ask them that would… Read More »BYOG (2)