How the World Works Podcast
1) What Is the Potential of One Leader to Change the World?
Professor Nico Voigtländer studied inbreeding around history’s monarchies and reached a novel conclusion
2) The Incredible Prevalence of Crookedness in the Nursing Home Business
Ashvin Gandhi discovered operators lie about profits, care suffers and taxpayers keep them prosperous
3) Does Diversity Really Enhance Workforces?
Professor Olav Sorenson finds that location matters
4) Views on Democracy: Analyzing January 6 and Post-Election Periods
Professor Margaret Shih and Ph.D. candidate Gloria Cheng find perceptions and realities don’t align
5) What Will Happen With the Trump Tariffs?
UCLA Anderson Forecast Director Jerry Nickelsburg goes through the scenarios
6) People Who Move To More Affordable Cities Bring Less Affordability
As Gregor Schubert found, migration patterns elicit predictable economic effects
7) This Episode Could Change Your Listening and Conversation Habits Forever
Assistant Professor Hanne Collins connects the art of conversation with the science
8) Voting Lines Have Been 24% Longer in Predominantly Black Polling Locations
Professor Keith Chen, Assistant Professor Kareem Haggag and co-authors examined 40,000 voting locations from the 2016 election
Voting Lines Have Been 24% Longer in Predominantly Black Polling Locations
27:14 | Oct 31st, 2024
9) What Happens When Farmland Is Given Up For Large Solar Installations?
Climate economist Zhiyun Li weighs the value of food production against energy production
10) The Speed of the Current Economy Makes Us Do “Stupid Stuff”
Pushing for efficiency and profits, according to Charles Corbett, causes turnover and unhappiness