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Raj Chetty

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01 / recommendation

In contrast, there’s some very nice work by Bruce Sacerdote, an economist at Dartmouth, looking at Korean adoptee kids who were effectively randomly assigned to families because of quirks and ordering of families’ applications and so forth.

“In contrast, there’s some very nice work by Bruce Sacerdote, an economist at Dartmouth, looking at Korean adoptee kids who were effectively randomly assigned to families because of quirks and ordering of families’ applications and so forth.”
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Raj Chetty
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Conversations with Tyler

02 / recommendation

Learning and getting them on a path to be kind of the superstars in the economy who are starting the new companies, discovering the new drugs, and so forth. So, while I would not advocate tracking at the broadest level across 95 percent of the distribution, I think there can be a role at the very top to give attention to gifted and talented kids, especially, I would say, from disadvantaged backgrounds, where often you don’t have the stimulation and the resources, if you’re a very smart kid at an early age.

“Learning and getting them on a path to be kind of the superstars in the economy who are starting the new companies, discovering the new drugs, and so forth. So, while I would not advocate tracking at the broadest level across 95 percent of the distribution, I think there can be a role at the very top to give attention to gifted and talented kids, especially, I would say, from disadvantaged backgrounds, where often you don’t have the stimulation and the resources, if you’re a very smart kid at an early age.”
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Raj Chetty
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Conversations with Tyler

03 / recommendation

For instance, you need to constrain managers — the amount of capital managers have on hand — because otherwise there’s a tendency to empire-build and invest in projects that aren’t as efficient from the shareholder’s perspective as you might otherwise like.

“For instance, you need to constrain managers — the amount of capital managers have on hand — because otherwise there’s a tendency to empire-build and invest in projects that aren’t as efficient from the shareholder’s perspective as you might otherwise like.”
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Raj Chetty
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Conversations with Tyler
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