"Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Brown economist, colleagues develop real-time economic tracker" (Commentary by John Friedman)
In this article, Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs, John Friedman, discusses OI Economic Tracker, launched by Opportunity Insights, the nonprofit research team he co-directs. “Policymakers can use this tool to understand not only the state of the economy in real time but also whether their policies are having the desired effects...This tool ensures that developing data-driven policies no longer means having to wait weeks or months for the data to become available — this is evidence-driven policy, updated for the era of big data.”
May 10, 2020 India Education Diary
In this article, Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs, John Friedman, discusses OI Economic Tracker, launched by Opportunity Insights, the nonprofit research team he co-directs. “Policymakers can use this tool to understand not only the state of the economy in real time but also whether their policies are having the desired effects...This tool ensures that developing data-driven policies no longer means having to wait weeks or months for the data to become available — this is evidence-driven policy, updated for the era of big data.”