318 | Edward Miguel on the Developing Practice of Development Economics

<p>Economics is seeing an upsurge in the importance of controlled, reproducible empirical studies. One area where this has had a great impact is on development economics, which studies the economies of low- and middle-income societies. Edward Miguel has been at the forefront of both the revolution in empirical methods, and in applying those techniques to alleviating poverty in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere.</p> <p>Blog post with transcript: <a href="https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025/06/16/318-edward-miguel-on-the-developing-practice-of-development-economics/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025/06/16/318-edward-miguel-on-the-developing-practice-of-development-economics/</a></p> <p>S<em>upport Mindscape on </em><a href="https://www.patreon.com/seanmcarroll" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Patreon</em></a><em>.</em></p> <p>Edward Miguel received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard university. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Economics and Oxfam Professor in Environmental and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also Faculty co-Director of the <a href="http://cega.berkeley.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Center for Effective Global Action</a> and a Faculty Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Among his awards are the Frisch Medal of the Econometric Society, the Kenneth Arrow Prize of the International Health Economics Association, and multiple teaching awards.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://emiguel.econ.berkeley.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Web site</a></li> <li><a href="https://econ.berkeley.edu/profile/edward-miguel" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Berkeley web page</a></li> <li><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=okJiGugAAAAJ&amp;hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Google Scholar publications</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Miguel" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></li> </ul> <p><br /></p>