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Colloquy Podcast: Why Are We (Still) So Mad about Inflation?

University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers, PhD '01, explains the psychology of inflation; the high cost of housing, healthcare, and childcare; and how AI could potentially stabilize prices and make us more productive—but also create massive economic inequality.

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Colloquy Podcast: The Trauma of Terrorism—How the Attacks of 9/11 Changed Us

On the 25th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001, Boston University professor Jessica Stern, PhD ’92, reflects on terrorism, national trauma, domestic extremism, and preventing violence.

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Colloquy Podcast: Is the US Economy “Fair Enough”?

Economic inequality has skyrocketed in the West since the 1970s, especially in the United States. So why have US politicians been unable to build sustained support for policies of redistribution?

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Colloquy Podcast: How to Change—for Good

Why is it so hard to build positive habits like exercising and studying regularly? Behavioral scientist Katie Milkman, PhD ’09, breaks down internal obstacles, motivation, and strategies to reach your goals.

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Colloquy Podcast: Gordon Wood on the Radicalism of the American Revolution

As the US approached its 250th anniversary, the "dean of historians of the American Revolution" spoke with Harvard Griffin GSAS about the creation of the American republic in one of the last interviews of his life.

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Colloquy Podcast: Was the American Revolution a War Against or for Empire?

University of California, Berkeley historian Brian DeLay, PhD ’04, argues the Patriots were fighting not only for their independence, but also an empire of their own.

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Colloquy Podcast: Has the Supreme Court Become Too Powerful?

Harvard Law School Professor Nikolas Bowie, PhD ’18, discusses how the Supreme Court seized the power to define what the Constitution means, and how Congress could reclaim that authority.

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