Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2019-01-12
Books mentioned on Hacking the World Bank (Update)
Jim Yong Kim has an unorthodox background for a World Bank president — and his reign has been just as unorthodox. He has just announced he’s stepping down, well before his term is over; we recorded this interview with him in 2015.
Jim Yong Kim discussed Dying for Growth by Jim Yong Kim, Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and others, and Superfreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Dying for Growth
Dying for Growth, edited by Jim Yong Kim and others, offers a critical examination of how international financial institutions approach the health issues of impoverished populations globally.
Discussed“I was one of the editors on a book that's entitled Dying for Growth, Global Inequality in the Health of the Poor, and it basically was a critique of the approach that many of the international financial institutions had taken to health.”
Where to get it
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Freakonomics
Freakonomics by Steven D.
Discussed“And partly, and this is what you guys have done so beautifully in both Freakonomics and Super Freakonomics, is you've actually made hypotheses, but then you've looked at the data.”
Where to get it
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Superfreakonomics
SuperFreakonomics by Steven D.
Discussed“And partly, and this is what you guys have done so beautifully in both Freakonomics and Super Freakonomics, is you've actually made hypotheses, but then you've looked at the data.”
Where to get it
