{"id":4593,"date":"2020-05-08T12:19:13","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T16:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/?p=4593"},"modified":"2020-11-26T01:52:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T06:52:18","slug":"prof-gibson-recommends-this-podcast-episode-on-chickens-cash-and-development-economics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/content-type\/prof-gibson-recommends-this-podcast-episode-on-chickens-cash-and-development-economics\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Gibson Recommends: This Podcast Episode on &#8220;Chickens, Cash, and Development Economics&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.econtalk.org\/chris-blattman-on-chickens-cash-and-development-economics\/\" title=\"&quot;Chris Blattman on Chickens, Cash, and Development Economics&quot;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t&#8220;Chris Blattman on Chickens, Cash, and Development Economics&#8221;\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h1>\n<h2>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.econtalk.org\/\" title=\"EconTalks Podcast Episode\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\tEconTalks Podcast Episode\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>EconTalks host Russ Roberts discusses chickens versus cash with Chris Blattman of the University of Chicago, and which one it&#8217;s better to give poor people in Africa to help them out.<\/p>\n<p>Blattman also talks about the role of experiments and the state of the field of development economics.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.econtalk.org\/chris-blattman-on-chickens-cash-and-development-economics\/\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tListen to the episode on EconTalks\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/professors-picks\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tView other Professors&#8217; 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