The dean of Yale’s School of Management grew up in a small village in Guyana. During his unlikely journey, he has researched video-gaming habits, communicable disease, and why so many African-Americans haven’t had the kind of success he’s had. Steve Levitt talks to Charles about his parents’ encouragement, his love of Sports Illustrated, and how he talks to his American-born kids about the complicated history of Blackness in America. 

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“One Does Not Know Where an Insight Will Come From” | People I (Mostly) Admire: Kerwin Charles

SEP 19, 202039 MIN
Freakonomics Radio

“One Does Not Know Where an Insight Will Come From” | People I (Mostly) Admire: Kerwin Charles

SEP 19, 202039 MIN

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The dean of Yale’s School of Management grew up in a small village in Guyana. During his unlikely journey, he has researched video-gaming habits, communicable disease, and why so many African-Americans haven’t had the kind of success he’s had. Steve Levitt talks to Charles about his parents’ encouragement, his love of Sports Illustrated, and how he talks to his American-born kids about the complicated history of Blackness in America.