We had a (hopefully) last gasp of winter today, and after bundling up I went for a nice run and listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was a symposium on perspectives from the Global South on science, technology, and the political of knowledge at CRASSH with Chidi Ugwu and Mercedes Ejarque https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTH5xHjt4Pg

Next was the National Bureau of Economic Research conference on immigrants and the US economy. I particularly liked the talks by David Card (returns to migration in Germany/Austria), Daniel Crown (immigrant earnings assimilation), Parag Mahajan (migrant workers and economic resilience), and Marco Tabellini (immigration restriction and natives' intergenerational mobility). Obviously this event couldn't be more timely. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OlKtiltmOE

Next was a session on debt, inequality, and the dynamics of labor at the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance with Ludwig Straub, Julia Fonseca, and Alexandre Gaillard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoCaiCyTWKA

Next was a panel on analytics in American football at the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference with Karim Kassam, Nicholas Caserio, Connor Barwin, and Mina Kimes https://www.youtube.com/live/1hnXPTpmrFE?si=030BrRjQ6mee-my2&t=23838

Next was the NBER law and economics program symposium. I highly recommend the talk by Amalia Miller on the effects of a gender quota for top executives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rssj1ASv2Wc

Last was "The Work Ethic in Industrial America" by Daniel Rodgers. Rodgers expertly combines an eclectic mix of data sources and analytical techniques to paint a rich picture of the nature of the American work ethic during a formative period. Economic data helps contextualize changes in the nature of work during this period, while sociological and political analyses dive into the various social movements and regulatory actions that shaped work during this period and ideology around it. Finally, he even brings in literary analysis, examining a wide selection of popular literature and printed publications to chart changes in subject matter and conceptualizations of the work ethic. For those looking to understand the roots of how America thinks about work, this book is essential. Highly recommend https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/W/bo18221315.html