Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Die Zeit Publisher/Editor Josef Joffe for a discussion of America's role in the 21st century. Starting with an analysis of the differences between a bi-polar and a uni-polar world, Joffe analyzes the roots of anti Americanism, seeks to define a global strategy for U.S. foreign policy, and offers a unique perspective on the different worlds the U.S. confronts,the Berlin/Berkeley axis—a post modern world of information technology and no possibility of war-- and the Beijing/Baghdad axis—a world of nationalism where war is still possible.
"Politics, Policy, and the Great Recession"
Robert Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Berkeley's Robert Reich for a discussion of political change and the structural causes of the 2008 economic collapse. Recalling his formative experiences, Reich explains what led to his focus on economics and politics. He describes his relationship with Bill and Hillary Clinton and talks about his tenure as Secretary of Labor. Analyzing the changes in the American political economy since the great Depression, he argues for a return to the greater economic equality that characterized the post World War II era. He concludes with an evaluation of the relative importance of political leadership, ideas, Presidential appointments, and grass roots mobilization in changing the status quo and moving the country toward greater economic equality which he sees as the sine quo non for economy recovery.
http://conversations.berkeley.edu
In 2016, UC Berkeley made a number of changes in its undergraduate admissions: It made much greater use of the wait list than in the past, it changed the process of reading applications and the scoring rubric, it eliminated a separate reading process for disadvantaged students, and it asked many applicants for letters of recommendation. By comparing data on applications and admissions in 2015 and 2016, I assess the impact of these changes, with a particular focus on the admission of students from groups that are underrepresented at Berkeley.
Statistics 131A, 001 - Spring 2015
Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Life Scientists - Fletcher H Ibser
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Oliver Williamson, the Edgar F. Kaiser Professor Emeritus of Business, Economics and Law at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and a professor of economics in the College of Letters and Science, shares the 2009 prize with Elinor Ostrom, a professor of political science and of public and environmental affairs at Indiana University in Bloomington.
Williamson was honored "for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm." Ostrom, the first woman to win an economics Nobel, was cited "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons."
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/10/12_nobel.shtml