Robin Greenwood
Topic: Debt Restructuring
Bio: George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking, Harvard Business School. Unit head, Finance.
Reading Assignment
Paul Kern, James Danckert, and Robin Greenwood Q&A
Greg Marcus
Topic: Challenges of operating a hotels and movie theaters in COVID
Bio: President of the Marcus Corporation
Greg Marcus Q&A
Robert Margo
Topic: How did the 1960s riots impact housing values
Bio: Professor of Economics at Boston University
Reading Assignment: The Economic Aftermath of the 1960s Riots: Evidence from Property Values.
Robert Margo and Paul Kern Q&A
James Danckert
Topic: Boredom
Bio: Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Waterloo and a cognitive neuroscientist. An expert on the psychology of boredom, he also studies the neuroscience of attention and the consequences of strokes.
Reading Assignment: Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom, Chapter 6 – Boredom at the Extremes
General Paul Kern US Army (Ret.)
Topic: The role of the US military and civilian unrest
General Paul Kern Q&A
Episode 14 - 6.21.20