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Markets, public policy, and public administration

Content for week of Monday, July 26, 2021–Monday, July 26, 2021

Readings

Important: PDFs of the readings are on iCollege.

Keira Shae, “Dear American Taxpayers, Thank You for Saving My Life”
Charles E. Lindblom, “The Science of ‘Muddling Through’”¹
Esther Duflo, “Policies, Politics: Can Evidence Play a Role in the Fight Against Poverty”²

Slides

Download the slides from today’s class.

First slide

Videos

Videos for each section of the lecture are available at this YouTube playlist.

You can also watch the playlist (and skip around to different sections) here:

Charles E. Lindblom, “The Science of ‘Muddling Through’,” Public Administration Review 19, no. 2, Spring (1959): 79–88. ↩︎
Esther Duflo, “Policies, Politics: Can Evidence Play a Role in the Fight Against Poverty?” (Washington, D. C.: Center for Global Development, April 2011). ↩︎

Last updated on July 26, 2021