CategoriesPPE Research Gil Hersch Publishes on Well-Being Policy Gil Hersch (PPE Postdoctoral Fellow) published an article on “No Theory-Free Lunches in Well-Being Policy,” in The Philosophical Quarterly 70 (2020): 43-64. Here is an…
CategoriesPPE News PPE Undergraduate Student Ambassadorships 2020-2021 Each academic year, the PPE Program selects several undergraduate students to serve as ambassadors for the program. The primary tasks of the ambassadors are to…
CategoriesPPE News Student Discussion on Economics and a Free People On February 29, 2020, the Program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics will co-organize a daylong discussion colloquium for selected undergraduate students on the topic “Economics…
CategoriesPPE Undergraduate Club PPE Club Interest Meeting The PPE Club at Virginia Tech will organize an Interest Meeting on February 4, 2020, from 6-7pm in the Architecture Annex, Room 109. The club…
CategoriesPPE Research Speaker Series Erik Kimbrough Speaks on Norms and Ideology Erik Kimbrough from Chapman University will give a talk on the topic “How Norms Shape Ideology.” The talk will take place on February 5, 2020,…
CategoriesPPE Extracurricular Activities Banerjee and Duflo: Good Economics for Hard Times This semester, the PPE Reading Group will discuss Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s book, Good Economics for Hard Times (2019). Together with Michael Kremer, Banerjee…
CategoriesPPE News PPE Events Spring 2020 This semester, the PPE Program will organize a biweekly reading group and a daylong discussion colloquium, as well as host two guest speakers. Erik Kimbrough…
CategoriesPPE Research Speaker Series J.P. Messina Speaks on Private Censorship J.P. Messina from the University of New Orleans will give a talk on the topic “The Ethics and Politics of Private Censorship.” The talk will…
CategoriesPPE Research Speaker Series Rosa Terlazzo Speaks on Adaptive Preference Interventions Rosa Terlazzo from the University of Rochester will give a talk on the topic “Paternalism and Adaptive Preference Interventions.” The talk will take place on…
CategoriesPPE Research Thomas Rowe Publishes on Risk and Unfairness Thomas Rowe (PPE Postdoctoral Fellow) published an article on “Risk and the Unfairness of Some Being Better Off at the Expense of Others,” in the…
