Are you interested in economic growth and development? If so, tune into the Invisible Hand Speaker Series! The Invisible Hand Speaker Series is an annual hybrid conference held every spring by the Undergraduate Economics Society. This year, we have three in-person speakers and two virtual speakers. The conference will be held over three days, March 22nd, March 23rd, and March 25th. Speakers will be coming from Harvard University, the Brookings Institute, and Brown University.
Here is the RSVP form: https://forms.gle/Kxuz9scSmSQnk1Up9. Sign up now before spots run out! There will be networking sessions after each talk. This event counts as an Honors event.
Speakers left:
Oded Galor, Brown University - Global Economic Growth and the Unified Growth Theory - March 23rd, 5-6 pm, Gentry 131
Dr Oded Galor is the founder of Unified Growth Theory. He has contributed to the understanding of the process of development over the entire course of human history and the role of deep-rooted factors in the transition from stagnation to growth and in the emergence of vast inequality across the globe. Moreover, he has pioneered the exploration of the impact of evolutionary processes, population diversity, and inequality on the process of development over most of human existence. His research has redirected research in the field of economic growth to the exploration of the long shadow of history and to the role of biogeographical forces in comparative economic development. It has spawned influential literature studying the impact of inequality on the process of development, the interaction between human adaptation and economic development, the transition from stagnation to growth, and the impact of human diversity on comparative economic development.
Gautam Rao, Harvard University - Economic Development, Poverty and Psychology - March 25th, 1-2 pm, Student Union 331
Dr Rao is an Associate Professor (without tenure) at the Department of Economics at Harvard University. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a Ph.D. in Economics in 2014. His research tries to bring insights from psychology to bear on topics in economics, particularly topics relevant to developing countries. Recent projects include studying how improving sleep affects the economic outcomes of workers in India, how the endowment effect influences consumer demand for collateralized loans in Kenya, how research findings affect the beliefs and policy choices of mayors in Brazil, and how mixing rich and poor students in schools in India affects social preferences and behaviors.
For more information, contact: Economics Society at econsocietyuconn@gmail.com