Portfolios
PPE Speaker Series: “Angry Populist Politics: Why It Is Happening and What to Do About It”
February 19, 2024
Angry Populist Politics: Why It Is Happening and What to Do About It with Ian Shapiro (Yale) November 19, 2023 6:30 pm Abstract: Since 2016, there has been a dramatic erosion of support for establishment candidates and parties in favor of populist and even anti-system ones in many countries. Why? … Read more
PPE Speaker Series: “The Poisoned Tree: Treason of the Heart in Seventeenth-Century England”
November 6, 2023
“The Poisoned Tree: Treason of the Heart in Seventeenth-Century England” with Alison McQueen (Stanford) November 6, 2023 @ 6:30 pm – 7:45 pm Abstract: What did it mean to be a traitor in seventeenth-century England? Over the course of the century, English treason would transform from a personal betrayal of the king … Read more
PPE Speaker Series: “Modified Years of Life Lost Metrics”
October 26, 2023
“Modified Years of Life Lost Metrics” with Govind Persad (University of Denver) October 26, 2023 @ 6:30 pm – 7:45 pm Abstract: Years of life lost (YLL) is a commonly used metric in health policy. However, YLL alone do not adequately account for the fact that unfair disadvantage often shortens people’s life … Read more
“The Politics of Self-Destruction” with Geneviève Rousselière (Duke)
October 16, 2023
“The Politics of Self-Destruction” with Geneviève Rousselière (Duke) October 16, 2023 @ 6:30 pm – 7:45 pm The Politics of Self-Destruction explores Rousseau’s idea that people in commercial societies are on an endless quest for happiness yet only manage to orchestrate their own destruction. Rousseau’s insight seems more convincing today, in the face … Read more
Casey Grabbe
September 27, 2023
Alumni Spotlight: Casey Grabbe Casey Grabbe graduated in 2014 with a major in business administration (corporate finance concentration) and a PPE Minor. She began her career in a finance rotational program at General Electric before deciding to pursue her passion for media at ESPN, where she currently serves as the … Read more
Ben Diamond
September 27, 2023
Alumni Spotlight: Ben Diamond PPE Alumni Ben Diamond graduated in 2014 with majors in mathematics and computer science. Immediately after undergrad, he entered a PhD program in pure math at Johns Hopkins. After graduating, Ben discovered cryptography, a niche subfield of computer science which combines computational complexity theory with math. In … Read more
Brad Heshmaty
September 19, 2023
Alumni Spotlight: Brad Hashmaty Brad Heshmaty is a Vice President at New Energy Capital (NEC), a renewable energy focused investment firm, where he is responsible for transaction execution, portfolio monitoring, financial modeling, valuation, and due diligence. Prior to joining NEC as an Associate in 2017, Brad was an Analyst in … Read more
Discovering Diverse Talent
September 14, 2023
“Discovering Diverse Talent: Theory and Evidence from the RISE Program” with Kadeem Noray (NBER) September 14, 2023, 6:30pm Abstract: In this project, I evaluate the tradeoffs of alternative talent screening and selection methods in the context of a new talent investment program called Rise. I find that, relative to traditional … Read more
“How Economics Can Save the World” with Erik Angner (Stockholm University)
September 5, 2023
“How Economics Can Save the World” with Erik Angner (Stockholm University) September 5, 2023 Economics has always been shadowed by a movement denouncing its practitioners, attacking its assumptions, rejecting its conclusions, and protesting its influence. Historian of economics William Oliver Coleman calls the movement anti-economics. But what used to be … Read more
Students for Fair Admissions v. UNC: What is the Future of Affirmative Action in Public Education?
May 4, 2023
Students for Fair Admissions v. UNC: What is the Future of Affirmative Action in Public Education? March 29, 2023 The Supreme Court is currently considering Students for Fair Admissions v. UNC, and may decide to overturn Grutter and Fisher, which permit some limited consideration of race in admissions to public schools. Are … Read more