Stuff We Like: Undead pub prowlers, animal spirits, public service through stories of suffering, and capitalism in crisis

UNDEAD PUB PROWLERS
“It’s the Dawn of the Zombie Zeitgeist” (Chicago Tribune, May 4, 2009)
Justin Hartmann, ‘10, and his friends were inspired to create the Zombie Readiness Task Force RSO after playing a game of “What would you do if…?”

ANIMAL SPIRITS
“The Interview: 02/05/2009” (BBC World Service, May 2, 2009)
Chicago Booth professor Richard H. Thaler talks to the BBC about why people’s behavior in a crisis is never rational.

PUBLIC SERVICE THROUGH STORIES OF SUFFERING
“Slumdog Millionaire Under Scrutiny” (National Public Radio, Feb. 5, 2009)
“This is not the first slum film ever made, but none have evoked this kind of response globally, and that’s important,” says film professor Rochona Majumdar during a discussion of the Slumdog Millionaire producers’ moral obligation to address the social ills they show on screen.

CAPITALISM IN CRISIS
“A Discussion with Nobel Laureates in Economics: Whither Capitalism?” (Milken Institute, Global Conference 2009, Apr. 28, 2009)
Economics professors Gary Becker and Roger Myerson join Myron S. Scholes, MBA’64, PhD’70 (who taught at Chicago Booth from 1973 to ‘83), for a panel discussion of the economic crisis. (Note: The video on the Milken Institute Web site includes the entire session. To skip to the discussion, start watching the video at approximately 15:30.)

May 4, 2009

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