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Weatherhead Center: Economic History Workshop

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Speaker: Petra Moser, Associate Professor of, Economics, Stern School of Business, New York University. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu Chairs: Eric Chaney, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics...

History and Economics Seminar - Good Economics for Hard Times

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Speakers: Abhijit Banerjee, Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics, MIT Esther Duflo, Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics, MIT Live stream the seminar here: https://www.youtube.com/user/povertyactionlab/live

CES: European Economic Policy Forum — Workshop: Incompatible Economic Philosophies: German Ordo vs. U.S. Pragmatism

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See more on the CES website. About German economics appears to be a different land. Some critics have even suggested German policymakers and academics live in a “parallel intellectual universe”. The conflict with U.S. economic policy pragmatism is a hardy...

Weatherhead Center: International Economics Workshop

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"Cross-Sectional Patterns of Mortgage Debt during the Housing Boom: Evidence and Implications" Speaker: Christopher Foote, Professor of the Practice, Department of Economics, Harvard University; Senior Economist and Policy Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of...

Weatherhead Economic History Workshop: The Costs of Patronage: Evidence from the British Empire

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Speaker: Guo Xo, Assistant Professor of Economics, Hass School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu Chairs: Eric Chaney, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of...

Center for History and Economics Seminar: "One Giant Leap: Emancipation and Aggregate Economic Gains"

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Speaker: Richard Hornbeck (University of Chicago) Professor Hornbeck will discuss his recent paper with Trevon D. Logan, in which they re-characterize American slavery as inefficient, whereby emancipation generated substantial aggregate economic gains...

CES: European Economic Policy Forum: Lecture by H.E. Sigmar Gabriel, Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy and Vice Chancellor of Germany

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Speaker(s): Sigmar Gabriel, Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy and Vice Chancellor of Germany Sponsor(s): European Economic Policy Forum This lecture by H.E. Sigmar Gabriel is part of the Center’s European Economic Policy Forum series, which...

Weatherhead Economic History Workshop: Mistrust in Medicine: The Legacy of Colonial Medical Campaigns in Central Africa

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Speaker: Eduardo Montero, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics, Harvard University. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu Chairs: Eric Chaney, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University...

HLS Economic History Workshop: The Development Effects of the Extrative Colonial Economy: The Dutch Cultivation System in Java

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Speaker: Benjamin Olken, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu Chairs: Eric Chaney, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of...

Economic History Workshop: "Popular Contention and State Formation in Colombia"

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Speaker: James Robinson, Professor, the Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu 617-496-5079 Moderators: Melissa Dell, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard...

HLS Economic History Workshop: Killer Incentives: Status Competition and Pilot Performance during World War II

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Speaker: Leonardo Bursztyn, Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Chicago. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu Chairs: Eric Chaney, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics...

Weatherhead Economic History workshop: Long Live Keju! The Persistent Effects of China's Imperial Examination System

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Speaker: James Kung, Professor of Social Science, Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu Chairs: Eric Chaney, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor of Economics...