econimate

Why doesn't the U.S. have national health insurance?

Marcella Alsan (@StanfordEcon) & Yousra Neberai (@Kennedy_School) on the political role of the American Medical Association:

youtu.be/3qSMAdZD2vg

Where does trust in government come from?

Timothy Besley (@LSEnews), Christopher Dann (@Stanford) & @SachaJDray (@WorldBankGroup) on the role of economic growth:

youtu.be/cS8U2aeuyXU

How polluted is U.S. drinking water, and what are the health effects?

@DavidKeiserEcon (@Yale), Bhashkar Mazumder (@ucisocsci), @davidmolitor (@giesbusiness) & @_josephshapiro (@UCBerkeley) on safe drinking water in America:

youtu.be/HkDebSfreZ0

How well do we learn from others?

@JohnConlon7 (@OhioState), Malavika Mani (@uniofwarwick), Gautam Rao (@berkeleyecon), Matthew Ridley (@uniofwarwick) & Frank Schilbach (@MITEcon) on barriers to social learning:

youtu.be/XAT-DGhjRRM

How do criminal organizations affect economic development?

@melnikov_n_v (@NovaSBE), Carlos Schmidt-Padilla (@GoldmanSchool) & María Micaela Sviatschi (@PrincetonEcon) on the impact of gang control:

youtu.be/2030Yfdj7ug