Video Archive
The Murphy Institute organizes and sponsors a variety of events during the course of a typical academic year. We record our events so community members near and far can view the lectures.
Yates Lecture: "Navigating the Future of Fintech"
November 13, 2024
Dan Gallagher is the Chief Legal, Compliance and Corporate Affairs Officer of Robinhood Markets, Inc., the financial technology platform.
Public Lecture: "LOVE IS A BATTLE: James Baldwin’s Patriotism"
September 26, 2024
Nicholas Buccola, Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College, researches American political thought, particularly autobiographical reflections on race and American identity. Buccola has published numerous books and articles investigating themes at the intersection of political science, philosophy, race, identity, and literary criticism.
Public Lecture: "THE PARETO TRAP: How Fairness Got Sacrificed at the Altar of Efficiency and How We Might Resurrect It"
April 19, 2024
Subramanian Rangan is a Professor of Strategy and Management, and The Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Court Endowed Chair in Societal Progress at INSEAD, the global business school founded in Fountainebleau, France.
Public Lecture: "Challenges in Creating More Humane and Equitable Policing"
March 14, 2024
Beatriz Magaloni is a Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations and a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI) for International Studies at Stanford University. Her current work focuses on state repression, police, human rights, and violence. In 2010 she founded the Poverty, Violence and Governance Lab (POVGOV) within FSI's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law.
Public Lecture: "Building the Carceral Cathedral"
January 30, 2024
Jonathan Simon is the Lance Robbins Professor of Criminal Justice Law at the University of California, Berkeley. His research concerns the role of crime and criminal justice in governing contemporary societies, risk and the law, and the history of the interdisciplinary study of law.
- Yates Lecture
Kai Ryssdal, October 19, 2023
- Yates Lecture: "Children and the US Social Safety Net"
Hilary Hoynes, October 27, 2022
- Yates Lecture: "Connections Between Finance and the Humanities"
Mihir A. Desai, October 25, 2018
- ATPI 2017: "Tax Incentives for State, Local, and International Economic Development"
November 17, 2017 - Yates Lecture: "Macroprudential Regulation: Will it Prevent Financial Crises?"
Anil Kashyap, October 18, 2017 - Watson Fest: "An Interview with Gary Watson"
Sarah Buss, February 9, 2017 - CE Public Lecture: "Social Trust and Public Reason"
Kevin Vallier, February 3, 2017 - "Never in Anger: Cross-Cultural Philosophical Variations"
Owen Flanagan, January 27, 2017
- Yates Lecture: "Economic Opportunities from Immigration"
Giovanni Peri, November 13, 2016
- Yates Lecture: "Weird Taxes of the Past and Their Lessons for Tax Policy"
Joel Slemrod, November 9, 2015 - Public Lecture: "Rationalism, Pluralism, and Freedom"
Jacob T. Levy, October 15, 2015 - Yates Lecture: "Understanding Long-Run Changes in US Wage Inequality"
Lawrence Katz, March 5, 2015
- "Why the Federal Debt Still Matters: A Panel About Our Fiscal Future"
May 30, 2014 - Public Lecture: "The Evolution of Morality?"
Stephen Stich, April 4, 2014 - Public Lecture: "Does Neuroscience Undermine Responsibility?"
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, February 14, 2014 - Public Lecture: "The Persistence of Drug Prohibition"
Douglas Husak, January 31, 2014
- Public Lecture: "Socializing States: Promoting Human Rights through International Law"
Ryan Goodman, November 15, 2013 - Yates Lecture: "The Secret of Happiness"
Arthur Brooks, October 3, 2013 - Yates Lecture: "This is Your Brain on Emotion"
George Loewenstein, March 12, 2013