Deregulation through Direct Democracy: Lessons from Liquor
CMSA 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Sarah Moshary (University of Chicago) Title: Deregulation through Direct Democracy: Lessons from Liquor Abstract: This paper examines the merits of state control versus private provision of spirits retail, using the 2012 deregulation of […]
Math Science Lectures in Honor of Raoul Bott: Mina Aganagic
Harvard Science Center 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MAOn April 9 and 10, 2019 the CMSA hosted two lectures by Mina Aganagic (UC Berkeley). This was the second annual Math Science Lecture Series held in honor of Raoul Bott. The […]
Inequality Aversion, Populism, and the Backlash Against Globalization
CMSA 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Pietro Veronesi (University of Chicago) Title: Inequality Aversion, Populism, and the Backlash Against Globalization Abstract: Motivated by the recent rise of populism in western democracies, we develop a model in which a populist […]
Workshop on Invariance and Geometry in Sensation, Action and Cognition
CMSA 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesAs part of the program on Mathematical Biology a workshop on Invariance and Geometry in Sensation, Action and Cognition will take place on April 15-17, 2019. Legend has it that above the door to Plato’s […]