Eric Crampton: The stakes are too high for this much stupidity

The New Zealand Economics Association annual meetings are a great way of keeping abreast of what the country’s economists are working on.

And sometimes they’re downright depressing.

At last week’s meetings, Auckland University of Technology’s Professor Rhema Vaithianathan’s keynote explained what she’s been up to over the past decade.

Her team has been helping American child protection services to do a better job protecting kids.