S2 E8: Science and Politics with Kyle Myers from Harvard Business School
The Innovation and Diffusion PodcastShow Notes
In this episode, our guest is a young star economist: Kyle Myers from Harvard Business School! We talked about the current clash between the Trump administration and Harvard, NIH, "Elasticity of Science", Covid, and more!
Current Host: Ruveyda Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen)
Timestamps: 00:00 Intro, Trump, and Harvard 06:35 “Elasticity” of Science 20:43 Funding for Science: Is there a better way? 24:53 Covid and Elasticity of Science 28:03 Let’s Switch to More Personal Questions! 30:55 What is Kyle’s Production Function of Research? 34:55 If he couldn’t be an economist, what would he be in a parallel universe? 36:35 What’s something you believe about research or academia that many others in economics don’t agree with? 38:43 “This or That?” 40:13 Never Have I Ever!
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