How the World Works - UCLA Anderson

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How the World Works - UCLA Anderson

How the World Works is a podcast by UCLA Anderson, led by Warren Olney about faculty research.

  1. DEC 10

    People Who Move To More Affordable Cities Bring Less Affordability

    As Gregor Schubert found, migration patterns elicit predictable economic effects

    22 min

  2. NOV 19

    This Episode Could Change Your Listening and Conversation Habits Forever

    Assistant Professor Hanne Collins connects the art of conversation with the science

    31 min

  3. OCT 31

    Voting Lines Have Been 24% Longer in Predominantly Black Polling Locations

    Professor Keith Chen, Assistant Professor Kareem Haggag and co-authors examined 40,000 voting locations from the 2016 election

    27 min

  4. SEP 30

    What Happens When Farmland Is Given Up For Large Solar Installations?

    Climate economist Zhiyun Li weighs the value of food production against energy production

    15 min

  5. AUG 14

    The Speed of the Current Economy Makes Us Do “Stupid Stuff”

    Pushing for efficiency and profits, according to Charles Corbett, causes turnover and unhappiness

    31 min

  6. JUL 26

    Science has learned how to get people to do things, especially for public health

    Hengchen Dai studies “the nudge,” and focused on how UCLA Health nudged people to get the COVID vaccines

    37 min

  7. JUL 1

    The Partisan Divide, Put to the Test

    After a rigorous process, Brian Wheaton found that facts do not sway the beliefs of left- or right-leaning people

    25 min

  8. APR 27

    Beyond GDP, Consider the Entire Nation’s Well-Being

    Professor of Behavioral Economics and Genomics Dan Benjamin has devised an index, scoring each U.S. locale

    20 min
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