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PPE Speaker Series

November 17, 2021

…Can Save the World” with Erik Angner (Stockholm University) https://ppe.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1340/2023/01/HEEL-LIFE-wpv_x.png An Egalitarian Case for the Gendered Division of Labor https://ppe.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1340/2023/01/PPE-Speaker-Series-HL-and-event-page-Presentation-169-500-×-350-px-1200-×-350-px-wpv_x.png Curtailing Freedoms https://ppe.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1340/2023/01/PPE-Speaker-Series-HL-and-event-page-Presentation-169-500-×-350-px-500-×-350-px-wpv_x.png Forgiveness: Personal and Political 1 2 3…

Spring Reading Groups

January 10, 2017

We are offering three reading groups this Spring on Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson; Impact: How Law Affects…

Spring Reading Groups

January 17, 2016

We are offering three reading groups this Spring: “Banerjee and Duflo’s Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Poverty“; “Emotions in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics”; and “Yoram…

Fall Reading Groups

July 29, 2014

We are offering three reading groups this Fall: “Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are divided by Politics and Religion,” “Sally Haslanger’s Resisting Reality: Social Construction and Social…

Fall Reading Groups

August 22, 2016

…Moral and Political Philosophy. The groups will meet over dinner (at Gourmet Kingdom in Carrboro). The readings will be provided and the cost of dinner will be covered. Space is…

Fall Reading Groups – UPDATE

August 25, 2017

…dinner at Gourmet Kingdom in Carrboro. The books will be provided and the cost of dinner will be covered. Space is limited. For details, go HERE.   All reading groups…

A PPE Survey

November 30, 2023

…the PPE MA, students with AP credits or summer school courses may well be able to complete the PPE master’s program in just four years. The prospect of graduating with…

PPE Reading Group Proposals – Fall 2024

November 14, 2022

…they won’t conflict with the press of the end of the semester. The PPE Program provides copies of the books to all participants, in-person dinners, and a modest honorarium for…

Internships/Fellowships

September 30, 2013

…and Public Policy Research “Motu Economic and Public Policy Research is New Zealand’s leading non-profit economic and public policy research institute. We are fully independent. Our reputation is based on…