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May 10, 2021
Forum Podcast: “Radical Markets for Radical Democracy” with Glen Weyl
Glen Weyl speaks to Forum Fellow Nicolas Wittstock about his work with RadicalXchange and the reform agenda they propose. In his 2018 book with Eric Posner, Glen Weyl suggests radical reforms to private property, the voting system, immigration, antitrust policy, and the way that technology companies handle data. In this podcast, Glen reflects on the…
May 5, 2021
Forum Podcast: “Democratic Backsliding in American States” – with Jake Grumbach
Guest: Jake Grumbach – Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington. Jake Grumbach joins Forum Fellows Morgan Wack and Nicolas Wittstock to discuss the indicators and causes of American democratic backsliding. Jake is the author of the forthcoming paper “Laboratories of Democratic Backsliding.” Coverage of the article, which details his development…
April 27, 2021
Beatrice Magistro accepts Postdoc at University of Toronto
Forum Fellow Beatrice Magistro just accepted a postdoc position at the University of Toronto, and the Schwartz Reisman Institute – working in the PEARL lab with Peter Loewen. We congratulate Beatrice and are looking forward to reading the exciting research that she will produce in Toronto!
April 21, 2021
Menaldo & Wittstock’s new working paper
Victor Menaldo and Nicolas Wittstock wrote and posted a new working paper: Bidenism as Trumpism 2.0: America’s Bipartisan Embrace of Neo-Mercantilist Policies and What this Entails A hefty dose of nationalism infuses Build Back Better, U.S. President Joe Biden’s economic policy priorities. Echoing Trump’s Make America Great Again promises, it embraces a zero-sum logic regarding…
April 19, 2021
Forum Podcast: “State v the Internet?” with Natasha Tusikov
Guest: Natasha Tusikov – Assistant Professor at York University. In this episode, Natasha Tusikov discusses the co-edited volume “Power and Authority in Internet Governance: Return of the State?” with Forum fellow Nicolas Wittstock. In this book, the authors discuss challenges arising in different areas of internet regulation. Related work and links mentioned: Haggart, Blayne,…
April 15, 2021
James Long on KOMO News – US withdrawal from Afghanistan
Forum co-founder Prof. James Long was interviewed by KOMO News regarding the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. https://komonews.com/news/local/puget-sound-veterans-react-to-us-withdrawing-all-troops-from-afghanistan-by-sept-11
April 12, 2021
Forum Podcast “Invention, Innovation, and the British Industrial Revolution” with Anton Howes
Guest: Anton Howes – Historian of Innovation In this episode, Anton Howes – head of innovation research at The Entrepreneurs Network, discusses the history of invention in Britain with host Nicolas Wittstock. Anton argues that Britons were infected with an “improving mentality” some time in the 15-hundreds. As a result, inventors created networks, shared…
Victor Menaldo interviewed on PBS segment “Cancel Culture”
In this PBS segment, Prof. Victor Menaldo is interviewed on the topic of Cancel Culture. Northwest Now | Cancel Culture | Season 12 | Episode 24 | PBS
April 6, 2021
Forum Podcast “Beautiful game, troubling results?” – with Leah Rosenzweig and Yang-Yang Zhou
Guests:Leah Rosenzweig, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford UniversityYang-Yang Zhou, Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia In this episode, Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. Leah Rosenzweig of Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Assistant Professor Dr. Yang-Yang Zhou of the Department of Political Science at the University of British Colombia discuss their…
April 2, 2021
Forum Podcast “Capitalism without Capital” – With Johnathan Haskel
Guest: Johnathan Haskel – Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London and Director of the Doctoral Programme. Prof. Johnathan Haskel and Forum Fellow Nicolas Wittstock discuss Johnathans’ book Capitalism without Capital – the rise of the intangible economy (with Stian Westlake). In it, the authors argue that that business investment in…
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