web01.fireside.fm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:09:35 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Ethics and Culture Cast - Episodes Tagged with “Economics” https://ndcec.fireside.fm/tags/economics Thu, 07 Oct 2021 17:00:00 -0400 Lively conversations with professors, fellows, scholars, and friends of the University of Notre Dame's de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. The Center is committed to sharing the richness of the Catholic moral and intellectual tradition through teaching, research, and public engagement, at the highest level and across a range of disciplines. For more information visit http://ethicscenter.nd.edu en-us episodic From the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture Notre Dame de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture Lively conversations with professors, fellows, scholars, and friends of the University of Notre Dame's de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. The Center is committed to sharing the richness of the Catholic moral and intellectual tradition through teaching, research, and public engagement, at the highest level and across a range of disciplines. For more information visit http://ethicscenter.nd.edu no catholic, academics, university, notre dame, prolife, pro-life, ethics, bioethics, philosophy, political science, theology Notre Dame de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture khallenius@nd.edu Episode 60: Kirk Doran https://ndcec.fireside.fm/60 af7289f9-69b9-4257-bffc-299ebda491cb Thu, 07 Oct 2021 17:00:00 -0400 Notre Dame de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture full Notre Dame de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture In this episode, we chat with Kirk Doran, Henkels Family Collegiate Chair and Associate Professor of Economics at Notre Dame. We chat about the delight that economists find in discovering unintended consequences, about how professional prizes affect their recipients' future output, and the joys of a classical education for children. 29:56 no Kirk Doran is the Henkels Family Collegiate Chair and Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame. Doran received his B.A. in Physics from Harvard University in 2002, his S.M. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University in 2002, and his Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University in 2008, where his dissertation won Princeton's labor economics dissertation award. Doran's research focuses on issues in labor economics, innovation economics, and international migration, with a particular focus on human capital complementarities. His work has examined the implications of large migrations of top scientists on the productivity and knowledge generation of their peers. Recent work has focused on the role of externalities, collaboration, and geographic distance in knowledge production, the impact of top prizes on the intellectual content of their recipient's work, and the impact of highly skilled immigrants on firms which randomly receive them. Special Guest: Kirk Doran. economics, nobel prize, fields prize, mathematics, classical education, classics, innovation Kirk Doran is the Henkels Family Collegiate Chair and Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame. Doran received his B.A. in Physics from Harvard University in 2002, his S.M. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University in 2002, and his Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University in 2008, where his dissertation won Princeton's labor economics dissertation award. Doran's research focuses on issues in labor economics, innovation economics, and international migration, with a particular focus on human capital complementarities. His work has examined the implications of large migrations of top scientists on the productivity and knowledge generation of their peers. Recent work has focused on the role of externalities, collaboration, and geographic distance in knowledge production, the impact of top prizes on the intellectual content of their recipient's work, and the impact of highly skilled immigrants on firms which randomly receive them.

Special Guest: Kirk Doran.

Links:

  • Kirk Doran's Faculty Page — Kirk Doran is the Henkels Family Collegiate Chair and Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame.
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  • St. Thomas More Academy, South Bend — St. Thomas More Academy is a private, independent classical liberal arts school in the Catholic tradition. It is located in South Bend, Indiana, and presently serves students in grades K–5.
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Special Guest: Kirk Doran.

Links:

  • Kirk Doran's Faculty Page — Kirk Doran is the Henkels Family Collegiate Chair and Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame.
  • Mor(al) Philosophy with Brian — Mor(al) philosophy with Brian #philosophy #philosophical #think #wisdom #utilitarianism #effectivealtruism #ethics101 #objections #argument #virtue
  • St. Thomas More Academy, South Bend — St. Thomas More Academy is a private, independent classical liberal arts school in the Catholic tradition. It is located in South Bend, Indiana, and presently serves students in grades K–5.
  • Theme Song: "I Dunno" by grapes — I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: J Lang, Morusque
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