2021 - Healing the Big Fractures in the Economy, Politics & Society

Tenth Annual JRCPPF Conference | February 18-19, 2021

The past year has revealed deep fractures in our economy, polity, and society, endangering not only lives but also long-term livelihoods. As policymakers chart a transition to a more inclusive recovery, how do we heal these fractures? This conference explores the structural changes and innovative thinking required to restore norms, increase investment, and sustain economic growth that benefits all.

Videos, slides, papers (Healing the Big Fractures)

KEYNOTE: For Better or for Worse - Facts, partisanship, and the pandemic, Jay Van Bavel: Jay Van Bavel, Associate Professor of Psychology & Neural Science, New York University

(Moderator) Eldar Shafir, Class of 1987 Professor in Behavioral Science and Public Policy;

Click here for the SLIDES
SESSION 1: How can we move beyond post-truth politics?: Moderator: Nolan McCarty, Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University
Yphtach Lelkes, Assistant Professor of Communication and Political Science, University of Pennsylvania | SLIDES
Liliana Mason, Associate Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park | SLIDES
Sander Van der Linden, Professor of Social Psychology in Society, University of Cambridge | SLIDES
KEYNOTE: The Mission Economy, Mariana Mazzucato: Mariana Mazzucato, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College of London
(Moderator) Atif Mian, JRCPPF Director & John H. Laporte, Jr. Class of 1967 Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Finance
SESSION 2: How can we increase investment?: (Moderator) Atif Mian, JRCPPF Director & John H. Laporte, Jr. Class of 1967 Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Finance
Simon Johnson, Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management
Thomas Philippon, Max L. Heine Professor of Finance Stern School of Business, New York University | SLIDES
SESSION 3: How can we make growth more equitable?: Moderator: Ilyana Kuziemko, Professor of Economics, Princeton University
Trevon Logan, Hazel C. Youngberg Distinguished Professor of Economics, The Ohio State University | SLIDES
Katharina Pistor, Edwin B. Parker Professor of Comparative Law at Columbia Law School | SLIDES
Gabriel Zucman, Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley | SLIDES

Speakers

Simon Johnson, Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management

Ilyana Kuziemko, Professor of Economics, Princeton University

Yphtach Lelkes, Assistant Professor of Communication and Political Science, University of Pennsylvania

Trevor Logan, Hazel C. Youngberg Distinguished Professor of Economics, The Ohio State University — Trevon Logan, Hazel C. Youngberg Distinguished Professor of Economics, The Ohio State University

Liliana Mason, Associate Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park

Nolan McCarty, Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University — Nolan McCarty, Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University

Atif Mian, Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Finance, Princeton University — Atif Mian, Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Finance, Princeton University

Thomas Philippon, Max L. Heine Professor of Finance Stern School of Business, New York University

Katharina Pistor, Edwin B. Parker Professor of Comparative Law at Columbia Law School

Eldar Shafir — Eldar Shafir, Class of 1987 Professor in Behavioral Science and Public Policy; Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs

Sander Van der Linden, Professor of Social Psychology in Society, University of Cambridge

Gabriel Zucman, Associate Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley

Tenth Annual Conference

Keynote Speakers

Mariana Mazzucato Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, UCL — Mariana Mazzucato Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College of London

Jay Van Bavel(link is external) Associate Professor of Psychology & Neural Science, New York University — Jay Van Bavel, Associate Professor of Psychology & Neural Science, New York University