Lant Pritchett is one of my idols and one of the best economists out there. And, again btw for people who like to brandy ideological accusations, Lant and I (we have talked many times) share a small set of priors. Yet, I love Lant's work even when I disagree with it. Its because Lant really thinks deeply about issues and notably about measurements, what they mean, what they can say, what they cant say, what are we actually trying to do with measurements. Here is, in fact, a dirty secret about economics. The best economists are insanely crazy about measurement, documenting choices, testing whether their choices make sense, whether something is missing in their measurements, whether the measurements are tied to the theory or poor proxies, etc. They write insanely detailed essays about data and they are proud to show every step they did. And that stuff, well it aint ideological. I wish people would read more Lant Pritchett and less Hickel, Piketty, Zucman and Raworth.