Paul Romer on Cultural and Economic Foundations of Democracy at 2025 Spring Symposium -

Envisioning Democratic Futures, Spring 2025 Symposium

Paul Romer on Cultural and Economic Foundations of Democracy at 2025 Spring Symposium

On March 22, 2025, Paul Romer spoke at the Clough Center’s Spring Symposium, discussing the connection between feelings, choices, and societal norms. His insights emphasized the importance of norms and democracy in enhancing quality of life and the potential for evolving norms through conscious understanding and collective decision-making.

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On March 22, 2025, the Clough Center’s Spring Symposium was pleased to host Paul Romer, the Seidner University Professor in the Seidner Department of Finance and founding director of the Center for the Economics of Ideas at the Carroll School of Management. Romer examined how feelings and choices are interconnected and how personal behaviors evolve into societal norms. He delivered his talk on a panel on the cultural and economic foundation of democracy, which you can watch on the Clough Center’s YouTube Channel via the link below.

Paul Romer, Clough Center’s Spring Symposium 2025
“It’s not the norms and democracy that matters for it own sake, its what they let us achieve in terms of quality of life.” Paul Romer, Clough Center’s Spring Symposium 2025
“We may be able to change norms through conscious study and understanding and collective decision even though they are hard through introspection to change”, Paul Romer, Clough Center’s Spring Symposium 2025