Ben WaberOf course we had snow to start the week, so while bundled up once again I went out for a run and listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/8)
First was a great talk by Jean Tirole on industrial policy and innovation at the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf5ubOJtnbQ (2/8) #economics #antitrust
MaCCI Annual Conference 2026: Keynote by Jean Tirole (Toulouse School of Economics)
Next was a slate of talks at the Immigration Policy Lab:
Leah Boustan - intergenerational immigrant mobility https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaIfjhcbtjw (3/8)
IPL Science of International Migration Seminar: Leah Boustan
Jens Hainmueller - refugee labor market integration in Germany https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G-vy187i1c
@m_clem - international students and innovation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaiIhq826H4 (4/8)
IPL Science of International Migration Seminar: Jens Hainmueller
Next was the "Global History of Work Handbook," edited by Karin Hofmeester and Marcel van der Linden. This book is an incredible collection of essays on different aspects of global labor history, historiography, and labor organization. The section that looks at labor changes over the centuries from a geographic perspective is especially great, although obviously given the scale of the task some areas are left out (e.g. Japan 😢). Highly recommend
Full review: https://bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/review/10459069/s/a-masterful-academic-essay-collection#anchor-10459069 (5/8)
Next was "Virtually Amish" by Lindsay Ems, who focuses on how some Amish communities interrogate and adapt new technologies. This ethnography was especially fascinating because it shows how the Amish do in fact adopt new technologies, but rather than being an individual choice it is one debated within communities and always evaluated through a communal lens. Highly recommend
Full review: https://bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/review/10470703/s/an-eye-opening-ethnography#anchor-10470703 (6/8)
Next was "Bookshelf" by @LydiaPyne. This book is an enjoyable, brief tour through the history of book storage and organization. Pyne provides great detail on the practice of chaining books to bookshelves, as well as some interesting examples of rotating bookshelves from Buddhist temples. I also liked the sections that dealt with modern library organization and storage methods
Full review: https://bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/review/10470742/s/a-brief-history-of-book-storage#anchor-10470742 (7/8)
Last was "Startup Capitalism" by Robyn Klingler-Vidra and Ramón Pacheco Pardo. This book does a great job bringing the traditionally omitted lessons on startup ecosystem policy from East Asia to the forefront, demonstrating how the varied, dynamic economies and governments of the region have grappled with spurring startup growth
Full review: https://bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/review/10474498/s/a-policy-centric-tour-of-east-asian-startup-ecosystems#anchor-10474498 (8/8) #economics #startups
