The post cites research by Teresa Ghilarducci at The New School’s Schwarz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, which shows that low-income households are more likely than high- or middle-income households to “raid their retirement savings” when experiencing an income shock. A possible solution? “Mandatory savings accounts with no early access.” Read the article here: How
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Public Seminar: A Radical New Approach to the Field of Economics
Public Seminar this week features an interview with economist Anwar Shaikh about his new book, Capitalism. Anwar Shaikh has been teaching economics at The New School for 42 years. One of the world’s leading heterodox economists, he argues that the neoclassical models taught at most universities are bad tools for analyzing capitalism. He hopes that
Public Seminar: The Sublime Language of My Century
McKenzie Wark troubles the term “capitalism” on Public Seminar this week: One thing that the left and right now seem to agree on is that the society in which we live is called capitalism. And strangely enough, both now seem to agree that it is eternal. Even the left seems to think there is an
Heilbroner Center Research Grants for Faculty
Research Grants from the Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies Deadline to apply: June 1, 2016 Thanks to a generous gift from Mr. Martin J. Whitman (M.A. 1958), The Robert L. Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies is pleased to invite faculty in any discipline at the New School for Social Research to apply for a grant to support
Public Seminar: Jackson Does Not Belong Anywhere on the Twenty
On Public Seminar this week, Daniel Walker Howe explains why Jackson’s image on the twenty dollar bill is inappropriate. I gladly welcomed the recent news that Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the face of the US twenty-dollar bill. At first I believed — like many Americans, I think — that Jackson would be
New Forms in a New Era of Capitalism: Luc Boltanski and Arnaud Esquerre, with a response by Nancy Fraser
Join us on Monday, May 9th at 6:00pm for a discussion by Luc Boltanski and Arnaud Esquerre, with a response from Nancy Fraser. The event will be held at The New School in conference room 529 at 80 Fifth Avenue, New York. Sponsored by the the Robert L. Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies and n+1. Luc Boltanski
Event – The Janey Annual Conference in Latin American Studies: “Socio-Economic Inequality and Everyday forms of Citizenship”
Friday, April 29, 2016 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm Klein Conference Room, Room 510, 66 West 12th Street, New York The Janey Annual Conference in Latin American Studies is our signature event of the year, offering the NSSR community the opportunity to reflect on the past and present challenges and developments in Latin America. This year
Public Seminar: The IMF Makes Class Warriors of Us All
On Public Seminar this week, Tithi Bhattacharya shares their contribution to the Hannah Arendt-Reiner Schurmann Memorial Symposium. On October 24, 1973, the Egyptian military, under the command of General Hosni Mubarak, and under instructions from President Anwar Sadat, dealt an unprecedented blow to the most powerful regime in the Middle East: Israel. As the Egyptian army
Event – David Harvey: “The Politics of Realization of Values”
Please join us on Wednesday, April 27th at 6PM for a talk by David Harvey (CUNY Graduate Center) on “The Politics of Realization of Values.” Professor Harvey’s lecture is part of Rethinking Capitalism, a collectively taught interdisciplinary seminar at the New School for Social Research, but is free and open to the public. It will be held in room L104 of the New School University Center (63 5th
Event – Erik Olin Wright: “How to Be an Anti-Capitalist for the 21st Century”
Please join us on Wednesday, April 20th at 6pm for a talk by Erik Olin Wright (University of Wisconsin) on “How to Be an Anti-Capitalist for the 21st Century.” Professor Wright’s lecture is part of Rethinking Capitalism, a collectively taught interdisciplinary seminar at the New School for Social Research, but is free and open to the public. It will be held in room L104 of the New