
Growth Is Not Enough
Feb 19, 2021 & point out that people will always be left behind without targeted, evidence-based interventions.
Samantha Friedlander is a senior policy associate at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL).
Feb 19, 2021 & point out that people will always be left behind without targeted, evidence-based interventions.
Jun 29, 2020 & identify opportunities for advancing and applying life-saving social-science research during the pandemic.
Many would regard the middle of a pandemic-induced economic crisis as the wrong time to sound the alarm about the potential dangers of profligate government spending. But as US President Joe Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion economic rescue plan works its way through Congress, it is not only Republicans who are asking whether providing too much fiscal stimulus could be just as risky as delivering too little.