Commencement 2021

For years, Airbnb gave hosts extensive discretion to accept or reject a guest after seeing little more than a name and a picture, believing that eliminating anonymity was the best way for the company to build trust. However, the apartment rental platform failed to track or account for the possibility that this could facilitate discrimination.Should Airbnb change the design of its platform to reduce discrimination? And what’s the best way to measure the success of any changes? On the latest episode of , professor Michael Luca discusses his case, “Racial Discrimination on Airbnb.” Listen at the link in our bio.

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Have you read any of these faculty titles? Take a look at the link in our bio to find some inspiration for your 2023 reading list.