#AcademicRunPlaylist - 4/15/24

It was an absolutely gorgeous day for the Boston Marathon, and away from the crowd I was able to also enjoy talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was a wide-ranging panel on fast fashion and racial capitalism at Brown University with Minh-Ha T. Pham, Jennifer (JJ) Rosenbaum, and Dina Siddiqi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8RUi6Bzy84

Next was an interesting talk by Emmanuel Bouju on the historical narratives around debt and credit at Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCXkQT5IoE4

Next was a short conversation with Chong (Steven) Xiao on how ESG ratings predict consumer purchasing patterns to a surprising degree on the Business Scholarship Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzKgqQT8Emg

Next was a great talk by Annie McClanahan on historic discourses around economic decay and stagnation at Brown. McClanahan shows how the same discredited theories about economic limits and inevitable stagnation pop up throughout history, which should give folks pause when considering our current issues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO0oFDdWwVk

Next was a thought-provoking talk by Michal Feldman on approximation as the new optimal for complex, algorithmic markets at the LSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e53yJTlTN6Q

Next was a nice panel on narratives of debt at Brown with Emmanuel Bouju and Annie McClanahan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6toM4urxQQ

Next was an important talk by Anthony Bogues on wills, debt, and slaves as "property in person" at Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHH0fMSfaS8

Next was an intriguing talk by Joseph Vogl on the systemic ascendancy of modern finance at Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuWUoD_ip5s

Next was a fascinating talk by Tamara Chin on the Afro-Asian Silk Road at Brown. Chin examines the recent "Belt and Road" initiative (this is a bit out of date but still instructive), then dives into the contested history of the original Silk Road https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-Y5K5VbQVE

Next was an excellent talk by Shriram Krishnamurthi on the human factors of formal methods at ACM India. Even in something as seemingly divorced from humans as logic verification, Krishnamurthi demonstrates how human interpretability of method outputs dramatically changes outcomes and why it's essential to integrate a variety of disciplines to effectively build socio-technical systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehrYEdt8NKE

Last was an informative talk by Tonia Novitz on recent policy developments at the nexus of labor, sustainable development, and free trade agreements at the Melbourne Law School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFtBPGDJ2As