I was working on the paper with a professor at Yale… and I sent him a draft of the paper. He sends me back his… Read More »Steve Levitt on writing, letting work sit for a while and humility
This was a great episode of People I (Mostly) Admire. The section comes at around the 15 minute mark as they finish a discussion about… Read More »Sendhil Mullainathan, Steve Levitt (and Alex Tabarrok) on sunk costs and status quo bias
Steve Levitt: Something odd happens to me when I read Gladwell’s books and when I read [David Epstein’s] Range. The stories are so fascinating and… Read More »Steve Levitt on the user experience of reading David Epstein and Malcolm Gladwell
This is really fun interview with Steve Levitt – recommended. ANGELA DUCKWORTH: The two-minute version of Grit is that when you look at high achievers,… Read More »Angela Duckworth on grit and goal hierarchies
Whether or not you agree with Moyo’s ideas about “dead aid,” the first half of the interview raises lots of good questions about the incentives… Read More »Recommendation: Dambisa Moyo on “Dead Aid” and corporate management