Tim Harford has a fascinating excerpt from his new book available that makes a point that I think deserves being made over and over again.

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"One of the things I do is think about something over and over and over again, and that's when I start writing, " he said.

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And so those stories became very powerful vignettes from all of those different places, but I think very specifically of the Congo over and over again, the New York Times recently did a take out on this.

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They have been lied to I think and now that you're telling them the truth you have to do it over and over again, and so when we tell people you have to change people would constantly say, well, I agree with you there needs to be change but I don't want to be impacted by the change.

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So I think women have proven their ability to do the job over and over and over again.

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