17. "What does one unit of hope mean?" A conversation with Jeff Bloem

The Accord Research Alliance Podcast

Jeff Bloem is a PhD student in applied economics at the University of Minnesota. He's written several peer-reviewed papers, including a recent one on "measuring hope" in Myanmar and a program evaluation of the material, social, and spiritual impacts of a business skills training program in western Kenya. Jeff is also an active blogger on the topics of international development, economics, policy, and theology. Check out his blog at: www.jeffbloem.wordpress.com and find him on Twitter @jeffbloem. Jeff's book recommendations: Slow Kingdom Coming by Kent Annan. https://www.amazon.com/Slow-Kingdom-Coming-Practices-Justice/dp/0830844554 Experimental Conversations: Perspectives on Randomized Trials in Development Economics by Timothy Ogden. https://www.amazon.com/Experimental-Conversations-Perspectives-Randomized-Development/dp/0262035103/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1532710731&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=timothy+ogden+%28nyu%29%3A+experimental+conversations Cents and Sensibility by Morson & Schapiro. https://www.amazon.com/Cents-Sensibility-Economics-Learn-Humanities/dp/069117668X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1532710769&sr=1-1&keywords=Cents+and+Sensibility