Rebecca Allensworth, The Licensing Racket: Regulation, Prosperity and Justice

April 28 at 7:30 in Rocky 1.

Occupational licensing boards are designed to ensure standards of hygiene, competency, and professional ethics.Too often, they protect insiders from competition and give cronyistic treatment to unethical conduct. And, they have expanded enormously in recent decades, greatly enlarging their footprint on the American economy. What is the best way forward on occupational licensing? Free copies of her book for the first 20 students present!

Mehta and Morgan, The World's Democracies: Standing Together or Falling Apart?

April 30 at 5 pm, location TBD

This wide-ranging conversation about the US, Europe and India will bring together two of our leading commentators. Pratap Bhanu Mehta is a Professor of Political Science at Princeton University, and Glyn Morgan is a Professor at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. Moderated by Prof. Russ Muirhead, Robert Clements Professor of Democracy and Politics, and co-director of the Political Economy Project. Co-sponsored by the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy.

The Loud Quitters: When Conscience and Career Collide

A forum with five attorneys who resigned in protest.
March 03 at 5 pm in Cook Auditorium, Murdough Center
Registration Required. Sponsored by Tuck, PEP, Rocky, and the Ethics Institute.

In spring 2025 the Trump Administration targeted several elite law firms for their prior representation of the President’s political opponents, demanding information and influence over firms’ attorney hiring practices and client representations, in addition to pro bono legal services on matters selected by the Administration.

When several of these firms agreed to settlements, a wave of young attorneys chose to resign in public protest, making national news. Five of these “loud quitters” will join us, some in person and available to meet with students throughout the following 24 hours. 
 

Lizzie Lee, "The China Model's Fatal Flaw"

Wednesday Feb. 25 at 6:30 pm. Has China overplayed its hand? Its policy of massive state subsidies for frontier industries such as electric vehicles, solar panels and batteries has been stunningly successful, leading in recent years to a balance of trade surplus in excess of $1 trillion. But there are signs that a global backlash is brewing, raising the question of whether there is a “fatal flaw” in the Communist Party’s geo-strategy. Join China expert Lizzie Lee. Carson L01 on Zoom: 

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