60-Second Lectures | September 30, 2020

Every spring and fall, Penn Arts & Sciences faculty take a minute to share their perspectives on a variety of topics. The theme for our talks this semester is “Social Institutions During Social Distancing.”

Social isolation, economic hardship, and questioning of our government and collective response to the pandemic has combined with reinvigorated demands for racial justice during these challenging times. These circumstances have led many of us to think more deeply about the glue that holds us together as a society. In this series we’ve asked faculty to share their observations on our social institutions, the role they play, and whether they’re working.

Faculty Speakers:
Entering the Pandemic: The Joint Progression of COVID-19 and Economic Growth in the U.S.
Francis Diebold, Paul F. and Warren Shafer Miller Professor Social Sciences and Professor of Economics, Finance, and Statistics

Why Can’t We Agree?
Geoffrey Goodwin, Associate Professor of Psychology