#AcademicRunPlaylist - 3/10/24

It got a bit warmer today, so after adjusting to the anachronistic time change I was able to go on a run and listen to some talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was a great talk by Kimberly Clausing on the importance of free trade, immigration, and global capital flows for equitable economic development at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. Clausing point out why most frustration with trade is misplaced and why policy attention should be focused on other economic issues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlDrZA5puXc

Next was a packed panel on trade, outsourcing, and foreign investment at the Peterson Institute for International Economics with David Autor (reviewing the China shock effect in the US), Christian Dustmann (examining the same shock in Germany), and Caroline Freund (why trade is the wrong focus for policy changes to promote economic equality). I highly recommend the whole panel, and Dustmann's examination of Germany's experience with the China shock has been underexplored in the literature and was enlightening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIy6MJfx08c

Next was an informative talk by Sam Ricketson on the history and effects of IP law reforms in Australia at the Melbourne Law School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tq9CHeAtzU

Next was a powerful talk by Edward Baptist on slavery and the making of American capitalism at Georgetown University. Baptist gives a detailed historical account of the ties between slavery, American economic development, and Georgetown itself, leading to bold conclusions about how we need to work towards reparations. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP_Rn8InPCo

Next was an interesting talk by Hanoch Dagan on private law with a particular focus on the duty of employers to their employees at Western University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMnbJijzkDA

Last was an eerily timely panel on how the law can address income inequality in America at the American Constitution Society with Lisa Cylar Barrett, Lina Khan, Anne Lofaso, Ganesh Sitaraman, and Dora V. Chen. This was recorded in the fall of 2019, and the listening to it today was not only still relevant, but when Lofaso brought up that she thought "Chevron is going to be gone," which certainly looks like it could happen imminently. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxFUe7iNrfQ