Profile of John List

Although List is one of my favorite current economists, somehow I missed this one when it appeared a few days ago.  Here is an excerpt:

With $10 million from hedge-fund billionaire Kenneth Griffin, List will track the results of more than 600 students– including 150 at this school. His goal is to find out whether investing in teachers or, alternatively, in parents, leads to more gains in kids’ educational performance, Bloomberg Markets magazine reports in its April issue.

And:

He says he turned down an offer last year to become chief economist at Amazon.com Inc., the Seattle-based online retailer, partly because the company wouldn’t have let him publish the results of research.

There is much more at the link.  For the pointer I thank Michelle Dawson.