"Assessing the Economic Rise of China and India" Pranab Bardhan, Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Berkeley economist Pranab Bardhan for a discussion of his new book, Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay. Bardhan discusses his interest in poverty and inequality in the context of his intellectual odyssey. He then focuses on the myths and realities surrounding the emergence of China and India, addressing several questions including: What have these countries achieved? How did they do it? How do they compare in terms of inequality and social welfare? What are the factors that explain their reemergence as economic powerhouses? What has been the impact of globalization on their trajectory? Will they succeed in reconciling economic efficiency with democratic accountability?
Part 2: Cognitive Maps - Introduction
Lynn Nadel, the Regents' Professor of psychology at the University of Arizona. Nadel specializes in memory, and has investigated the role of the hippocampus in memory formation. Together with John O'Keefe, he coauthored the influential 1978 book The Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map.
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Statistical Analysis of Categorical Data - Nicholas P. Jewell
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Georgina Kleege of the Berkeley Department of English reads from her work, is interviewed about her writing process, and answers questions from the audience. Kleege is the author of "Blind Rage: Letters to Helen Keller," and "Sight Unseen," among others. She specializes in creative nonfiction, disability autobiography, and blindness and visual art. She teaches courses in creative writing and disability studies.
Alice Waters, chef, author, proprietor of Chez Panisse and founder of the Edible Schoolyard Project talks about the benefits and necessity of an Edible Education. Edible Education is a lecture course at UC Berkeley, funded by the Edible Schoolyard Project www.edibleschoolyard.org and the Epstein Roth Family Foundation. Instructor Michael Pollan.