This morning, the M.I.T. economist Esther Duflo was awarded a MacArthur “genius” grant for her work on poverty. At The New Yorker Summit this past May, she spoke with the Columbia economist Jeffrey Sachs and New Yorker executive editor Dorothy Wickenden about using economic tools and small-scale experiments to alleviate poverty.
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Daily Cartoon: Thursday, March 7th
Filing taxes: a most perilous quest.
By Kendra Allenby
Postscript
Iris Apfel Wore Fame Well
Apfel pursued the driving creative project of her life—getting dressed, dazzlingly—for eight decades without any promise of greater glory. How could she ever have seen it coming?
By Rachel Syme
Annals of Artificial Intelligence
Can an A.I. Make Plans?
Today’s systems struggle to imagine the future—but that may soon change.
By Cal Newport