Owen Zidar is a professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University, where he also directs the Industrial Relations Section. His research explores inequality, taxation, and the role of firms and regional policy in shaping economic opportunity. Using large-scale administrative data, he studies how business…
Livestream available on Media CentralSamuel Moyn is the Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University, where he also serves as head of Grace Hopper College. His forthcoming book is "Gerontocracy in America: How the Old Hoard Power and Wealth — and What to Do About It," scheduled to appear from Farrar, Straus and Giroux…
Public discussion of AI and labor often centers on future job loss, obscuring how AI and associated algorithmic systems are transforming work today. For policymakers, labor organizers, and civil society groups, a key challenge is understanding how these systems currently shape workers’ pay, opportunities, and ability to contest…
Join JRCPPF and STEP/C-PREE alumni for a discussion about the intersection of climate adaptation and finance, diving into vital questions like: how to build financial markets that are resilient to physical climate risks, how to integrate climate risk data into investment decision-making, and where are opportunities for…
Join Making an Exoneree for the premiere of four student-produced documentaries that examine four wrongful conviction cases.Throughout the spring 2026 semester, Princeton undergraduate students collaborated with Georgetown Law students in the Making an Exoneree course, dedicating themselves to uncovering the truth behind these…
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2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith’s Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, widely considered the founding text of modern economics and the most important work in social science to come out of the Enlightenment. Smith was, in addition, a moral and political philosopher who…
Conversations from Beirut, Lebanon at the Breaking PointApril 30th at 9:30 am (EST)Register here for this webinar. Sponsorship of an event does not constitute institutional endorsement of external speakers or views presented.
