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Event Date: October 21st, 2024
12:00pm-1:30pm
Matrix on Point: Voices from the Heartland
As the nation braces for a decisive election, this conversation — featuring scholars Arlie Hochschild, Jenny Reardon, and Lisa Pruitt — seeks to illuminate the frequently overlooked yet politically potent voices emanating from America's rural heartlands and small towns. Moderated by Cihan Tuğal.
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Article
Published August 1, 2014
Waging War on Inequality
Minimum wage increases in cities have significant benefits and fewer costs than expected, according to a team of UC Berkeley economists.
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Published August 1, 2014
Phonological Phenomenon
A recent Social Science Matrix brought together linguists and other researchers to explore "agreement by correspondence," or ABC.
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Article
Published August 1, 2014
Lie Detector
Recent research by a psychologist at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business suggests that our unconscious mind can detect lies.
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Article
Published July 29, 2014
Mind Readers At Work
A team of researchers led by UC Berkeley neuroscientists are getting closer to decoding imagined speech from the brain.
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Article
Published July 29, 2014
Arroyos and Socionatures
A UC Berkeley geographer explores a mystery to better understand the relationship between human-caused and natural phenomena.
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Article
Published July 29, 2014
When Companies Manage Cities
UC Berkeley political scientist Alison Post’s new book explores the consequences of privatizing urban infrastructure.
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