Episode 14 - 6.21.20

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

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