Law, Economics, and Politics Center

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The Law, Economics, and Politics Center (LEAP) at Berkeley Law brings together faculty and students from Law, Economics, Political Science, the Goldman School of Public Policy, the Haas School of Business, and elsewhere on UC Berkeley’s campus. Its goal is to further interdisciplinary scholarship, ideas, and discussion in these areas with a particular emphasis on law, government, and policy.


Upcoming Events

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Recent Events

September 16, 2022

LEAP Cooter-Rubinfeld Lecture

Jason Furman, Harvard:

Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold: Lessons from the Last Two Economic Crises

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April 8, 2022

LEAP Graduate Student Fellows Conference

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April 16, 2021

LEAP Graduate Student Fellows Conference

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March 1, 2021

LEAP Cooter-Rubinfeld Lecture

Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia:

Discounting, the Social Cost of Carbon, and Tools and Policies to Manage Climate Change

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November 12, 2020

LEAP Cooter-Rubinfeld Lecture

Enrico Moretti, UC Berkeley:

Inequality from Geography

 

March 5, 2020

LEAP Cooter-Rubinfeld Lecture

Emmanuel Saez, UC Berkeley:
The Triumph of Injustice

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February 6-8, 2020

LEAP-sponsored Conference

Text Analysis in Law Conference

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February 6, 2020

LEAP Cooter-Rubinfeld Lecture

John Donohue, Stanford:
The Move to Guns Everywhere

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