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Part one of Dr. Lauren Heller's lecture discussing some of the biggest questions in economics: why do some countries flourish while others stagnate? What should be our response and responsibility, as humane global citizens?
This talk was given as part of "Modern Challenges to Liberty," an IHS summer seminar held online from July 7-12, 2020. To watch other lectures from this seminar, see the playlist here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNeQlRoOOIMlvVmlK7YQBFQlzKH1xukoN
Dr. Lauren Heller is an associate professor of economics in the Campbell School of Business and a Director of the Berry College Honors Program. Her research interests include international health and development economics, as well as a wide variety of policy questions and topics in applied microeconomics. She received her bachelor’s degree from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, and her Ph.D. in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Part one of Dr. Lauren Heller's lecture discussing some of the biggest questions in economics: why do some countries flourish while others stagnate? What should be our response and responsibility, as humane global citizens?
This talk was given as part of "Modern Challenges to Liberty," an IHS summer seminar held online from July 7-12, 2020. To watch other lectures from this seminar, see the playlist here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNeQlRoOOIMlvVmlK7YQBFQlzKH1xukoN
Dr. Lauren Heller is an associate professor of economics in the Campbell School of Business and a Director of the Berry College Honors Program. Her research interests include international health and development economics, as well as a wide variety of policy questions and topics in applied microeconomics. She received her bachelor’s degree from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, and her Ph.D. in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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The Institute for Humane Studies supports and partners with professors to promote the teaching and research of classical liberal ideas and to advance higher education’s core purpose of intellectual discovery and human progress.
About Us: theihs.org/who-we-are
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