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PUBPOL 475.004

PUBPOL 475.004: Utopianism & Public Policy

“Utopia” in Greek means both “good place” and “no place”—a paradise existing only in our imaginations. But no matter how theoretical or fanciful utopias may be, people still try to implement them, often with tragic...
PubPol 475.003

PubPol 475.003: Topics: Utopianism and Public Policy

“Utopia” in Greek means both “good place” and “no place”—a paradise existing only in our imaginations. But no matter how theoretical or fanciful utopias may be, people still try to implement them, often with tragic...
PUBPOL 692

PUBPOL 692: Thinking About Crime

David Thacher
As Chief of the New York City Police Department, William Bratton was fond of saying that the crime rate has the same meaning for a police department as profits have for a business--that the crime rate is the bottom line of...
PUBPOL 580-002

PUBPOL 580-002: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

David Thacher
This course seeks to make students sensitive to and articulate about the ways in which moral and political values come into play in the American policy process, particularly as they affect non-elected public officials who work in a world shaped...
PUBPOL 580

PUBPOL 580: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

John Chamberlin
This course seeks to make students sensitive to and articulate about the ways in which moral and political values come into play in the American policy process, particularly as they affect non-elected public officials who work in a world shaped...
PUBPOL 580

PUBPOL 580: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

David Thacher
This course seeks to make students sensitive to and articulate about the ways in which moral and political values come into play in the American policy process, particularly as they affect non-elected public officials who work in a world shaped...
PUBPOL 580-001

PUBPOL 580-001: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

John Chamberlin
This course seeks to make students sensitive to and articulate about the ways in which moral and political values come into play in the American policy process, particularly as they affect non-elected public officials who work in a world shaped...
PUBPOL 580-002

PUBPOL 580-002: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

Yazier Henry
This course seeks to make students sensitive to and articulate about the ways in which moral and political values come into play in the American policy process, particularly as they affect non-elected public officials who work in a world shaped...
PUBPOL 692

PUBPOL 692: Thinking About Crime

David Thacher
As Chief of the New York City Police Department, William Bratton was fond of saying that the crime rate has the same meaning for a police department as profits have for a business--that the crime rate is the bottom line of...
PUBPOL 720/SI 621

PUBPOL 720/SI 621: Information, Ethics, and Applied Policy

The information revolution and the expanding use of information technology within all organizations, profit and non-profit, public and private, has created an environment in which access to massive quantities of information, at startling speeds,...
PUBPOL 720/SI 621

PUBPOL 720/SI 621: Information, Ethics, and Applied Policy

The information revolution and the expanding use of information technology within all organizations, profit and non-profit, public and private, has created an environment in which access to massive quantities of information, at startling speeds,...
PUBPOL 580

PUBPOL 580: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

This course seeks to make students sensitive to and articulate about the ways in which moral and political values come into play in the American policy process, particularly as they affect non-elected public officials who work in a world shaped...
PUBPOL 580-001

PUBPOL 580-001: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

Yazier Henry
This course seeks to make students sensitive to and articulate about the ways in which moral and political values come into play in the American policy process, particularly as they affect non-elected public officials who work in a world shaped...
PUBPOL 580-002

PUBPOL 580-002: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

David Thacher
This course seeks to make students sensitive to and articulate about the ways in which moral and political values come into play in the American policy process, particularly as they affect non-elected public officials who work in a world shaped...
PubPol 475.001

PubPol 475.001: Topics: Ethics

This course will provide an introduction to ethical issues within public policy. We will begin the course by studying some classic texts of moral philosophy which take up questions about how we ought to live and what we owe to...

Kasich and Bullock: Democracy and Civic Discourse

Oct 9, 2024 1:22:47

Two former governors, one Republican and one Democrat, considered moderates in their respective parties, discuss ways in which to have civil and civic discourse in an era of political divisiveness. October, 2024. 

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JJ Prescott: Noncompetition agreements

Apr 6, 2023 0:57:05

JJ Prescott will discuss three of his recent papers supporting banning non-competition agreements in employment contracts, including the use and impact of noncompetes on employees, the role of noncompetes in employee mobility, and the subjective b

JJ Prescott

Angela Harrelson: Masterclass in Activism

Jan 20, 2023 1:21:57

With Dr. Celeste Watkins-Hayes, Angela Harrelson, aunt of George Floyd and author of Lift Your Voice will share her journey into racial justice activism and her work in this space. January, 2023.

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Nejat Seyhun: Racial Differences in Insider Trading

Sep 8, 2022 0:57:37

Professor Seyhun and his collaborators investigate racial differences in insider trading behavior by corporate leaders to evaluate whether African-American corporate executives have equal access to networks that generate valuable insider informati

Nejat Seyhun: Differences in Insider Trading

Molly Ball: Democracy - What it takes

Mar 9, 2022 1:01:00

TIME National Political Correspondent Molly Ball discusses with Craig Gilbert the 2020 election and what we learned and how can we strengthen democracy going forward. March, 2022.

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