September 19, 2020 β’ 1pm-2:30pm Policy and Political Economy (PPE) Workshop The Center for Governance and Markets (CGM) at the University of Pittsburgh welcomes participation in our Policy & Political Economy (PPE) workshop. Learn more
September 22, 2020 β’ 2:30pm-4pm Injustice for All: How Financial Incentives Corrupted and Can Fix the US Criminal Justice System In their book, Injustice for All, Jason Brennan and Chris Surprenant reveal how perverse incentives and overcriminalization drive the failures of Americaβs justice system, as they chart practical reforms to break its destructive cycles Learn more
September 23, 2020 β’ 2pm-3:30pm The Incubated Revolution: Education, Cohort Effects, and the Linguistic Wage Gap in Quebec, 1970 to 2000 Professor Vincent Geloso (King's University College) illustrates the potentially dramatic equalizing effects of a social policy law. He presents new research on how education laws contributed to the collapse of the linguistic wage gap in Quebec from 1970 to 2000. Learn more
September 23, 2020 β’ 4pm-5:30pm Digital Decentralization by Design: Escaping the Paradox of Power Professor Cowen (University of Lincoln, UK) presented on political economic questions associated with networks involving blockchain. Learn more
September 27, 2020 β’ 8am-5pm A City Divided: Race, Fear, and the Law in Police Confrontations Professor Harris (University of Pittsburgh Law School) presents his book and related research and takes questions from the audience on police confrontations Learn more
September 28, 2020 β’ 8am-5pm The Issues the Candidates Aren’t Discussing: Governance Reform The Issues the Candidates Aren't Discussing: Governance Reform with Don Kettl & Philip Howard Learn more
September 29, 2020 β’ 8am-5pm Lessons from the Prison Education Project Professor Chris Bonneau (University of Pittsburgh) presents his work co-founding and running the Prison Education Project at the University of Pittsburgh Learn more
September 30, 2020 β’ 8am-5pm Capitalism after Satoshi: On the Economic Organization of a Digital Economy Professor Potts illustrated how a blockchain economy destroys a corporate economy in the same way that a market economy destroyed the feudal economy. Learn more
September 30, 2020 β’ 2pm-3:30pm Land Use Regulation and Individual Welfare (with Brian Beach) As part of CGM's Virtual Seminar Series on the Economics of Race and Identity, Tate Twinam (College of William & Mary) presented Land Use Regulation and Individual Welfare and engaged in audience Q&A. Learn more
October 2, 2020 β’ 8am-5pm Admins, Mods, & Benevolent Dictators for Life: The Implicit Feudalism Professor Schneider presented on how implicit feudalism came to dominate online communities and discussed potentially better models of governance, including the current space for creative innovation. Learn more
October 2, 2020 β’ 12pm-1:30pm Roundtable on Police Reform in Pittsburgh In a virtual roundtable on police reform, Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto and his staff engaged with responses from Professors David Harris and Brandon Davis, highlighting challenges and possibilities for reimagining public safety and accountability Learn more
October 6, 2020 β’ 2pm-3:30pm Preying on the Poor: Criminal Justice as Revenue Racket In Preying on the Poor, Joe Soss shows how revenue-centered practices like fines, fees, bail, and asset forfeiture turn criminal justice into a system of predatory governance that entrenches inequality and reshapes American citizenship Learn more