The Power of Protests, Propaganda and Religion

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28/10/2015 25 min Episodio 36
The Power of Protests, Propaganda and Religion

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Episode Synopsis

HKS Associate Professor David Yanagizawa-Drott’s quantitative analysis of three seemingly disparate topics shows the power of protests to change policy, the power of propaganda to induce violence and the power of religion to create happiness despite reducing GDP.
You can on Professor Yanagizawa-Drott’s research on the HKS Faculty Research Connection website: https://research.hks.harvard.edu/publications/faculty_name.aspx?PersonId=256

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