Harvard Business School professors discuss and debate current events that sit at the crossroads of business and culture. Youngme Moon, Mihir Desai, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee engage in a spirited discussion on a range of topics torn from the headlines — from Facebook, to free trade, to the #MeToo movement. Informed by their unique expertise as professors at one of the world’s leading business schools, their takes are always surprising, unconventional, and insightful.
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episode 29: Beyond Meat, and Facebook's Pivot to Privacy
Youngme Moon, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and Mihir Desai talk about the Beyond Meat IPO and whether plant-based meat alternatives like Beyond Burger and Impossible Burger will become mass-market products. They then discuss Facebook’s announcement that it is pivoting to put greater emphasis on user privacy.
For interested listeners:
- “How much does animal agriculture and eating meat contribute to global warming?”
Some recent picks:
- “The Comforting Fictions of Dementia Care” (Larissa MacFarquhar, in The New Yorker)
- @BryanDruzin (Twitter account)
- Knock Down the House (Netflix documentary)
- Sec.gov (to download S-1s)
- Billy Eilish
- #MidtownUniform
- Eater.com
- Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting (Emily Oster)
You can email your comments and ideas for future episodes to: harvardafterhours@gmail.com. You can follow Youngme and Mihir on Twitter at: @YoungmeMoon and @DesaiMihirA.