Technology has changed the fabric of society in ways which are nothing short of revolutionary. Hardly anyone on earth has been untouched. Compared to earlier eras of rapid technological innovation (such as the period 1880–1920, which saw the advent of electric light, automobiles, and skyscrapers), the physical aspects of our surroundings have not changed as […]
In the past, surveillance tended to focus on specific types of people, such as prison inmates or crime suspects. Even in totalitarian societies, there were practical limits to surveillance. But today, technology has made surveillance cheap and more feasible for a wide variety of observers. As a result, surveillance has become ubiquitous, observing our ordinary […]
This public lecture focuses on Dr. Rachel Afi Quinn's recent book Being La Dominicana: Race and Identity in the Visual Culture of Santo Domingo. The lecture investigates the ways Dominican visual culture portrays Dominican women and how women represent themselves in their own creative endeavors in response to existing stereotypes. Delving into the dynamic realities […]
Lorgia García Peña is a Professor of Latinx Studies at Tufts University the co-founder of Freedom University Georgia, and the author of three books: Translating Blackness (2022), Community as Rebellion (2022), and The Borders of Dominicanidad (Duke 2016). She is the co-editor of the Texas University Press series, Latinx: the Future is now, and the […]
Elizabeth Ananat is Mallya Professor of Women and Economics at Barnard College, Columbia University since 2020. In 2010 she served as Senior Economist for Labor, Education, and Welfare at the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Her research focuses on the intergenerational dynamics of poverty and inequality. Title: “The Effects of the Expanded Child Tax […]
Metin Hakverdi, German Bundestag member (Social Demcoratic Party), lecture from the American Council on Germany - One Year Later: Russia's War in Ukraine, Germany's Policy Pivot and Implications for Transatlantic Relations […]
Title: How Will a New Malaria Vaccine Shape Africa’s Economic Future? A Macroeconomic Analysis Abstract: Malaria is the primary cause of death among children and a barrier to childhood human capital accumulation in sub-Saharan Africa. The macroeconomics literature thus far concludes that eradicating malaria would mainly increase populations but not substantially raise living standards. This paper reassesses […]
Title: Misallocation in the Market for Inventors Abstract: How much misallocation is there in the market for inventors? This paper introduces a novel growth model where firms search for inventors in a frictional labor market, and where the efficiency of innovation depends on the quality of the match between the inventor and firm. The model features both […]
Title: Commuting and the Value of Marriage Abstract: Over time, as metro-areas sprawled to the suburbs, long commutes became common. In this paper I combine motivating evidence with a structural model to show how policies resulting in long commutes affect singles differently than couples (and men differently than women), if evaluated in a joint housing and marriage […]
Title: The Composition of Capital Inflows and Optimal Monetary Policy in Sudden-Stop Economies Abstract: Accounting for different types of capital flows, this paper studies whether monetary policy in emerging market economies should be prudential—i.e., deviate from price stability to induce agents to borrow less and hold more insurance during tranquil times. I develop a New Keynesian open […]
