165. The Economist Who (Gasp!) Asks People What They Think

<p>Stefanie Stantcheva’s approach seemed like career suicide. In fact, it won her the John Bates Clark Medal. She talks to fellow winner Steve Levitt about why she uses methods that most of the profession dismisses — and what she’s found that can’t be learned any other way.</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOURCES:</strong><ul><li><a href="https://stantcheva.scholars.harvard.edu/">Stefanie Stantcheva</a>, professor of political economy at Harvard University.</li></ul></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong>RESOURCES:</strong><ul><li>"<a href="https://socialeconomicslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/econ_behavior_open_ended_data.pdf">Understanding Economic Behavior Using Open-ended Survey Data</a>," by Ingar Haaland, Christopher Roth, Stefanie Stantcheva, and Johannes Wohlfart <i>(Working Paper,</i> 2025).</li><li>"<a href="https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/stantcheva/files/international_attitudes_climate_change.pdf">Fighting Climate Change: International Attitudes toward Climate Policies</a>," by...