Week 14 - Networks and Inequality
Today’s Dad Joke
Within minutes, the detective knew exactly what the murder weapon was.
It was a brief case.
Housekeeping
- Final project schedule
- Rough draft on Thursday
- Peer feedback by Saturday
- Presentations next Tuesday and Thursday
- Final report due on May 2
- May want to look at the Advanced R Rmd file (Week 15 on the schedule)
- No class on Thursday - work on final project
Review Questions
- What are some mechanisms by which networks can produce inequality?
- What do Fernandez and Fernandez-Mateo mean by “wrong networks”?
- What are some ways that networks can help reduce inequality?
- What social, political, or structural barriers might be preventing efforts to increase cross-class interactions?
Review Questions
- What approaches could increase cross-class and cross-race relationships?
- What are the downsides of these approaches?