Università Bocconi
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Observing the Sky to Interpret Society
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GUIDO TABELLINI
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Research looks at sunspots to understand the role of media in guerrilla movements.
The key is not propaganda, but coordination and tactical information
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Fighting Poverty with Edutainment
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ELIANA LA FERRARA
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People do not like to be told what to do. Thus, social change can be brought about better by using media than by lecturing people on what they should do
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How Accounting Affects Your Life
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ANNALISA PRENCIPE
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If corporations are more respectful of the environment, part of the credit goes to accounting
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School Closures Exacerbate Inequalities
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ZACHARY PAROLIN
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Racial minorities, students in need or with poor academic performance are the worst hit in the US
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Helicopter Money in XVII Century Venice
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DONATO MASCIANDARO
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Venetians invented the word “quarantine” and precurred a kind of monetary policy much debated in time of COVID
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Gender Bias Starts with Recruiting
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EKATERINA NETCHAEVA
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Leadership roles are described in a more positive way to male candidates than to female candidates
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Video & Podcast
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Why Men, Not Swans, Ignite Crises
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NICOLA GENNAIOLI
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Behavioral economics and finance explain how our biases lead markets into trouble
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Covid Did Not Kill Populism
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CATHERINE DE VRIES
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The recovery phase may be rich with opportunities for populist parties across the world
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Beware of the Algorithm
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DIRK HOVY
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Machine learning algorithms may replicate societal bias contained in the data they are fed
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