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Esther Duflo - Nobel Prize-winning economist

Shaun Ley speaks to Nobel Prize-winning economist Esther Duflo. The experimental trials she ran with two colleagues in Africa and India produced some surprising results.

Shaun Ley speaks to Nobel Prize-winning economist Esther Duflo. The experimental trials she ran with two colleagues in Africa and India produced some surprising results. Among their findings: food aid isn’t helping the poor, and the poorest kids don't 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 crisis, and of economics to offer big solutions?

30 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
InterviewerStephen Sackur
Interviewed GuestEsther Duflo

Broadcasts

  • Thu 7 Nov 201904:30GMT
  • Fri 8 Nov 201900:30GMT
  • Fri 8 Nov 201904:30GMT