Digital Renaissance Book Talk
Professor Joel Waldfogel will deliver a talk on his book titled "Digital Renaissance," aiming to elucidate how digital technology is revolutionizing the conventional creative industries, and why this transformation could be advantageous.
Time & Location
Aug 30, 2023, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
HKU-iCube, Two Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Pl, Central, Hong Kong
About the event
The Speaker
Joel Waldfogel is Frederick R. Kappel Chair in Applied Economics and Associate Dean of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. Previously, he was the Ehrenkranz Family Professor of Business and Public Policy at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, where he had served as department chair and associate vice dean. Prior to Wharton, he was associate professor of economics at Yale University. He received a BA in economics from Brandeis University and a PhD in economics from Stanford University.
His main research interests are industrial organization and law and economics. He has conducted empirical studies of price advertising, media markets, the operation of differentiated product markets, and issues related to digital products, including piracy, pricing, and revenue sharing. He has published several books, including Digital Renaissance (Princeton University Press, 2018), The Tyranny of the Market: Why You Can't Always Get What You Want (Harvard University Press, 2007), and Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays (Princeton University Press, 2009). During 2021-2022, he was the Kamenstein Scholar at the US Copyright Office. He has also written for Slate.
In conversation with Joel Waldfogel
Moderator - Ms. Jienan Han, CFA
Director, HKU iCube
Panellist - Mr. Heiman Ng
Founder and Director, Art Prince Advisory
Panellist - Dr. Lisa Park SoYoung
Postdoctoral Researcher, City University of Hong Kong
Venue: HKU iCube, 4005-4007, 40/F, Two Exchange Square, Central
Language: English
Mode: Face-to-face Sharing
Lunch light will be served.