In some subcultures, women are encouraged to stay home and raise multiple children and men are encouraged to work outside the home.Proponents of these gendered family subcultures argue that a gendered division of labor (GDL) is generally an efficient way … Read more
An intensive one-day workshop for faculty and graduate students on papers-in-progress by our PPE Teaching Assistant Professors. Agenda: 8:30 am Breakfast and Conversation 9:00 – 10:20 am Erik Zhang, “Promising to Do Wrong” 10:30 – 11:50 am Samuel Dishaw, “Solidarity … Read more
Abstract: Economics has always been shadowed by a movement denouncing its practitioners, attacking its assumptions, rejecting its conclusions, and protesting its influence. Historian of economics William Oliver Coleman calls the movement anti-economics. But what used to be an innocent pastime … Read more
Want to understand the complex world in which we live? Consider UNC’s five-course minor in Philosophy, Politics and Economics that lets you satisfy Gen. Ed. requirements with an assortment of courses that together add up to more than the sum of their parts. The PPE … Read more
Pizza will be available after the talk, so stick around! This event satisfies a CLE credit. *The venue for this event has a max capacity of 91; once the room has filled, no one else will be allowed entry, so … Read more
PPE Society@Carolina will be viewing Inferno at this student-run event! Come watch Inferno with us and enjoy pizza and beverages! Discussion after the movie.
Second Applied Epistemology Workshop The Epistemology of Science Communication: New Directions Registration for this event is required. Please register HERE. The second AEP workshop will be on the epistemology of science communication. It will be held on September 22-23, 2023 … Read more
There will be pizza after the event q&a, so stick around! This is event is free and open to the public. Abstract: The Politics of Self-Destruction explores Rousseau’s idea that people in commercial societies are on an endless quest … Read more
This event is an open, public lecture in collaboration with Public Policy, to be followed by Q&A. This event satisfies a CLE credit. Pizza is available after the talk, so stick around! Abstract: Years of life lost (YLL) is … Read more
The PPE Society’s Seventh Annual Meeting will be held in New Orleans, November 2-4, 2023 at the Westin New Orleans. The room block is now open! Book your room(s) HERE before October 2, 2023 to receive the discounted group rate at … Read more
