Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2020-10-21
Books mentioned on Michael Kremer on Economists as Founders
Michael Kremer is best known for his academic work researching global poverty, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2019 along with Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee. Less known is that he is also the founder of five non-profits and in the process of creating a sixth.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Dubliners
Discussed“what's interesting about reading james joyce um yeah i was just um just re-reading dubliners uh recently um the um it's also about development economics”
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The Odyssey
The Odyssey by Homer is a foundational ancient Greek epic poem that follows the arduous ten-year journey of Odysseus as he attempts to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
Discussed“what's your favorite novel um you know i don't know whether it's a novel but maybe the odyssey why the odyssey there are so many so many rich are archetypical stories in there”
