#AcademicRunPlaylist - 4/14/24

I'm not running in the marathon tomorrow, so I ran one on my own today - and without the cheering it was no problem to listen to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was the National Bureau of Economic Research spring 2024 behavioral finance symposium. There are lots of great talks here, and I particularly liked the finale by Peter Andre on the mental models that economists, retail investors, and investment professionals have on the stock market https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot8CK4Ue0HA

Next was an amazing pair of talks on how women can achieve equity at home and the workplace by Claudia Goldin and Caitlyn Collins at Brown University. Goldin gives incredible historical perspective and insight on the last century of women's journey towards equity, while Collins provides a rich dive into the experiences of working mothers in the US and Europe. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djLlr3eBfhk&t=16s

Next was a fantastic talk by Ferdinand Rauch on the economics of cities at the Department of Economics, University of Oxford. Rauch goes into a deep account of the power of agglomeration, from sustainability to labor outcomes, and how challenging it is to alter the growth trajectory of cities. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCHbSOdvluY

Next was an engaging panel on how uncertainty impacts decision-making from the economics and neuroscience perspectives at Brown with Emily Oster and Amitai Shenhav https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrhoiJT3Zdc&t=3s

Next was a short talk by K Tyagi on patents, standards, and competition policy at the Maastricht University Faculty of Law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyiG6i99KVs

Next was an excellent talk by Richard Jean So on a data history of racial inequality and postwar fiction at Brown. So presents a sobering picture of the extreme bias towards white authors in American publishing, a bias that has remained largely unchanged up to today. He then looks at this issue from a variety of other angles, finally arguing that significant effort is still required to rectify these systemic issues. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNQWJXV-rUA&t=11s

Next was a great panel on wildlands firefighting labor and incarceration in California at UC Berkeley with Brandon N. Smith, Jameson Karns, and Lindsey Feldman. There's vital perspective here on the intersection of work, incarceration, justice, and the public good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPxZxH4--xA

Last was an important panel on race, slavery, colonialism, and capitalism at Brown with Walter Johnson, Pepijn Brandon, and Jennifer Morgan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL7damuM9rA