Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with shaun ley. Hello and welcome to hardtalk. Im shaun ley. We use random trials to test whether medicines make a difference. Why not use the same method to find effective treatments for poverty . The experimental trials in africa and india run by professor esther duflo and two colleagues have won them the nobel prize for economics. Among theirfindings food aid isnt helping the poor, and the poorest kids dont need more books, they need more time. A fashionable idea wins the nobel prize. But is this really a story of failure of economists to predict the financial crisis, and of economics to offer Big Solutions . Professor esther duflo, welcome to hardtalk. In awarding the prize to you and your fellow economists, Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer, the Nobel Committee praised your experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. How would you explain what you do . So the idea is very simple. So first of all, you take a big problem, like how are we goin
With the headlines. About 11 in cardiff. Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Still on the chilly side. Into friday evening then, that area of cloud and rain slowly clears off towards the east, hello and welcome to hardtalk. So under those clearing skies, have a look at the blue colours, im shaun ley. That indicates quite a cold start to your weekend, in fact, subzero temperatures for many of us, particularly in the north first thing saturday, but really wherever you are, you could well wake up to quite we use random trials to test whether medicines make a difference. A sharp frost. Why not use the same method to find effective treatments for poverty . After that chilly start to saturday, the experimental trials in africa and india, run by professor esther duflo and two colleagues, have won them the nobel prize for economics. More cloud and rain work among theirfindings food aid isnt helping the poor and the poorest kids dont need more books, in from the west through the day, they need more
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Hello and welcome to hard rock. I am shaun ley. We use random trials to test whether medicines make a difference. Why not use the same method to find effective treatments for poverty . The experimental trials in africa and india run by professor esther duflo and two colleagues have won them the nobel prize for economics. Among theirfindings food aid isnt helping the poor, and the poorest kids dont need more books, they need more time. A fashionable idea wins the nobel prize, but is this really a story of failure . Of economists to predict the financial crisis, and of economics to offer Big Solutions . Professor esther duflo, welcome to hardtalk. In awarding the prize to you and your fellow economists, Abhijit Banerjee and michael kremer, the Nobel Committee prays your experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. How would you explain what you do . So the idea is very simple. So first of all, you ta ke very simple. So first of all, you take a big p
Overnight in asia. The nikkei higher by 1. 1 . Hang seasoning up 2. 3 and shanghai up. 8 . Youll also see green arrows in europe the dax up 1. 9 . Cac is up. Gains for italian stocks too in the treasury market, at this point, 10year yielding 1. 67 . Twoyear at 1. 551 30year up at 1. 61 . Iranian Officials Say two missiles trunk an iranian tanker in the red sea crude prices, as a result of this, they are jumping up close to 2 wti crude now 54. 47. They are saying that damaged two store rooms aboard the tanker and caused an oil leak that attack happened about 60 miles north of the city jeda six months after the attack of the oil tanker in hermuz and the saudi attack never good to conjecture anything they have been the attacker and you wonder was there Something Else going on because they didnt point fingers, you wonder. Was it a screw up but we have no idea. No idea they were attacked by someone. Who knows. Two missiles hit a tanker that much we know. Lets talk about the trade headlines.
Seem like the mket is one step forward and two steps back. There have been bouts of volatility and head scratching moves. Stocks have been on alownd steady climb higher. Today the gains were capped because lfgering concerns about the global economy. The dow and the s p 500 remain just 1 1 2 away from their records. Th Dow Jones Industrial average was 14 points to 26,949. The nasdaq fell five and the s p 500 was flat. Mike santolli takes ali look at whether this market calm will give rise to something else. Steadiness has been the rule on wall street. The s p 5 remains within 2 off its record high. On going trade friction and the fed meeting that was meant to arify paths forward. Marketsre typically seen as well supported by iestors looking ahead to improve fundamental developments. The rally has been broad with investors apparently happyt t the u. S. Econoc committee will the market valuation today is about the same as one year ago which proved to be the 2018 peak ahead of the bruising