My guests are Edward Glaeser, the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and David Cutler, the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, and together they’ve written a fascinating new book entitled Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation. This is really an exciting piece of work….Continue Reading Podcast Episode 2: Edward Glaeser & David Cutler
This afternoon’s topic is fighting truth decay. I very much suspect all of us have witnessed a level of contestation over scientific claims, even sometimes observations of seemingly obvious facts, or as is now emerged, ‘alternative facts’, that literally bewildering….Continue Reading 2nd Dean’s Symposium: Truth Decay
My guest today is David Pedulla, a professor of sociology and of public policy, and a relatively new arrival here to Cambridge. We will be talking about his latest book Making the Cut: Hiring Decisions, Bias, and the Consequences of Nonstandard, Mismatched, and Precarious Employment….Continue Reading Podcast Episode 1: David Pedulla
This session is on big data: opportunities, contributions, challenges, and limitations, an arena in which several of our departments are actively engaged in cutting edge scholarship and development….Continue Reading 1st Dean’s Symposium: Big Data
