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August

#84 – Shruti Rajagopalan on what India did to stop COVID-19 and how well it worked
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2018

October

#45 – Prof Tyler Cowen's stubborn attachments to maximising economic growth, making civilization more stable & respecting human rights
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July

#38 – Prof Yew-Kwang Ng on anticipating EA decades ago & how to make a much happier world
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May

#30 – Dr Eva Vivalt on how little social science findings generalize from one study to another
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2016

February

Plan change story: interview with Dillon Bowen, founder of Effective Altruism group at Tufts University
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2015

June

Why an economics PhD might be the best graduate program
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Economics PhD
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Advice on entering a US economics PhD from the UK with a non-quantitative background
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2014

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In which career can you make the most difference?
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2013

December

Economics PhD the only one worth getting?
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November

Career Opportunities for Economics PhDs
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October

The value of economics PhDs: A conversation with Robin Hanson
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