Matrix On Point
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Event Date: February 3rd, 2026
4:00pm-5:30pm
Matrix on Point: Corruption in America
This panel will bring together leading scholars from business, political science, and law to examine the many facets of corruption in the United States and the ways it is identified, constrained, and addressed. The panel will feature Sarah Anzia, Ernesto Dal Bó, and Erwin Chemerinsky, with Sean Gailmard moderating.
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Published September 5, 2014
Struggles of a Class Worrier
Governments have to do more to reduce income inequality, says UC Berkeley's Robert Reich.
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Published September 3, 2014
Snapping Back from Disaster
UC Berkeley's Center for Catastrophic Risk Management seeks new approaches for mitigating the impacts of disasters on large-scale infrastructure systems.
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Article
Published August 6, 2014
Invited Interventions
Research by UC Berkeley Political Scientist Aila Matanock sheds light on why state-building interventions succeed in some nations and not others.
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Article
Published August 6, 2014
Take No Prisoners
Through overcrowding, lockdowns, and medical neglect, the conditions in U.S. prisons have become unconstitutional, according to UC Berkeley legal scholar Jonathan Simon.
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Article
Published August 6, 2014
Decline of the City-State
UC Berkeley historian Mark Peterson writes about the prominence—and ultimate decline—of city-states, using 18th- and 19th-century Boston as an example.
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Article
Published August 6, 2014
ADHD Explosion
UC Berkeley Professors Stephen P. Hinshaw and Richard M. Scheffler argue that ADHD must be understood as a result of both social conditions and biology.
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