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Michael Kremer

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2020-10-21

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2020-10-21

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1. “I think one of the things as I think there's a lot of relationship between the experimental method and the things that are needed to help found organizations. And I think that's something that I think there's historically in economics many of us have seen research as something that's divorced from doing things in the real world. And in some cases even ethical to it. I think that's really different in many other fields. If you look at nobody thinks it's strange that people who are in computer science go on to found firms or that people who are researchers in biology go on sometimes to found firms. Obviously there are plenty of people in computer science or in biology who aren't interested in that but people don't think it's strange that there's some people in those fields who do. And I think we're now getting to a time in economics where I don't think”

   2020-10-21 · Conversations with Tyler · Michael Kremer on Economists as Founders · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

2. “I do like doing that and it's great to feel like you're having an impact on people's lives and I think that some of the things that I've founded have gone on to have that impact and that's very exciting and it's obviously also an intellectual challenge to think about how to put things together and how to grow a team and get something moving.”

   2020-10-21 · Conversations with Tyler · Michael Kremer on Economists as Founders · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source