#AcademicRunPlaylist - 5/30/24

Rain in the morning gave way to a nice sunny afternoon, which I enjoyed along with talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was a fascinating talk by Selina Todd on the rise and fall of the UK's working class from 1910-2010 at the University of London’s School of Advanced Study. Using rich qualitative data, Todd digs into the surprising prevalence of servant workers in the UK prior to WW2, and how the definition of the working class has evolved over time and the implications of that shift and changes in expectations for working people. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG_jhMG9Vrc

Next was an engaging panel on trade secrecy, data exclusivity, regulation, and other alternatives to patent protection in biotech at the Stanford Law School with Vickie Brewster, Rebecca Eisenberg, Jay Thomas, and Deborah E. Fishman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVvmtBT4vZs

Next was an interesting talk by Jean-Guy Prévost on statisticians and economists in WW2 Italy at the Royal Statistical Society https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVTl3LhcHc8

Next was a wide-ranging talk by Martin Ravallion on the history, measurement, and policy around poverty through recent centuries at the Paris School of Economics
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPqxPMFNfQ0
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLzQHKXxavw

Next was an informative panel on tracking worker action across the US at the Cornell University ILR School with Johnnie Kallas, Deepa Kylasam Iyer, Daniel Perez, and Kathryn Ritchie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIzZYWuE0lE

Next was a compelling talk by Christine Mitchell on embedding organizational ethics into work at the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGAA3HJlI0s

Last, in a stroke of serendipity given that this talk was given 8 years ago and Trump's felony conviction in a court of law by a jury was today, was a fantastic pair of talks by Daron Acemoglu and Jeffrey Sachs on the importance of institutions, equitable application of laws, and geography on economic growth and other outcomes at Brown University. These talks and the conversation afterwards are, as today's news shows, more relevant than ever. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq3MS6og2tg