Embracing Doubt and Debate: The Role of Universities in Scientific Progress

What happens when universities and step off the sidelines and take a stance on contentious issues? Are they boarding a roller coaster that they can’t ever get off? In this episode, hosts and finance professors Jonathan Berk and Jules van Binsbergen welcome John Etchemendy, former Provost of Stanford University, for a discussion about Institutional Neutrality, and the long-term unseen costs of any stance institutions elect to take.

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