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Banerjee & Duflo: 14.73 Lecture 15 — Risk and Insurance

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Prof. Abhijit Banerjee discusses the ways in which risk is costly to the poor and if insurance is beneficial to this population. Recorded 2011.

Banerjee & Duflo: 14.73 Lecture 08 — Health: Low Hanging Fruit?

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Prof. Esther Duflo discusses some of the most effective and cheapest ways to promote good health, such as bednets, immunization, and breast feeding. Recorded 2011.

Banerjee & Duflo: 14.73 Lecture 09 — Education: Setting the Stage

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Prof. Esther Duflo covers the themes portrayed in the film Educating Yaparak and examines education through the lens of economics. Recorded 2011.

Banerjee & Duflo: 14.73 Lecture 11 — Education: The Man Made Trap

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Prof. Abhijit Banerjee discusses the perceived returns of education and highlights various studies done on the subject. Recorded 2011.

Banerjee & Duflo: 14.73 Lecture 12 — (Somewhat) Un-Orthodox Findings on the Family

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Prof. Esther Duflo discusses what drives fertility decisions. Topics include family planning, population growth, quality-quantity trade off, and China's one-child policy, among other topics. Recorded 2011.

Banerjee & Duflo: 14.73 Lecture 13 — How Do Families Decide?

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Prof. Esther Duflo continues the discussion from lecture 12, and also includes material on how families make decisions about family planning. Recorded 2011.

James K. Roberge: 6.302 Lecture 02 — Effects of Feedback Noise and Nonlinearities

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Topics include: noise modification; moderating nonlinearities; power audio amplifiers; demonstrations. Recorded: 1985.

Amar G. Bose: 6.312 Lecture 12—Resistance and Acoustical Circuits

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Topics include: resistance, resistive elements; transformers; anechoic chamber; acoustical circuits; Kirchhoff's laws: KVL and KCL; Helmholtz resonator. Recorded: Oct. 19, 1995.