The Deaths of Effective Altruism
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Sam Bankman-Fried is finally facing punishment. Let’s also put his ruinous philosophy on trial.
To deworm or not to deworm?
Open Access in the Developing World,
The details of the debate on mass deworming in high-risk communities
To deworm or not to deworm?
Bugbitten,
The World Health Organization recommends annual mass drug administration in areas where soil-transmitted helminths (roundworm…
Chris Blattman on Chickens, Cash, and Development Economics
EconTalk,
Chris Blattman of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about whether it's better to give poor…
How thin the reed? Generalizing from “Worms at Work”
The GiveWell Blog,
Hookworm (AJC1/flickr)My last post explains why I largely trust the most famous school-based deworming experiment, in…
Why I mostly believe in Worms
The GiveWell Blog,
The following statements are true: “GiveWell is a nonprofit dedicated to finding outstanding giving opportunities through in-dept…
Sam Watson’s journal round-up for 7th November 2016
The Academic Health Economists' Blog,
Every Monday our authors provide a round-up of some of the most recently published peer reviewed articles from the field. We don…
Healthcare Triage: Worm Wars
The Incidental Economist,
A number of you have asked for an episode on worm wars. Others of you will have literally no idea what worm wars is. This…
Links 7/15: From Link, Where Rocky Peaks Climb Bleak And Bare
Slate Star Codex,
A thing you can do: sunburn images onto your body. Whatever, it’s better than tattoos. Everyone knows women live longer than…
New deworming reanalyses and Cochrane review
The GiveWell Blog,
On Wednesday, the International Journal of Epidemiology published two new reanalyses of Miguel and Kremer 2004, the most well-kno…
How much does the new deworming replication matter for Effective Altruists?
Roving Bandit,
It doesn’t at all, as far as I can tell. As Calum points out, what matters is the systematic review of evidence not one study.