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Event – Capitalism in the Web of Life: Author Meets Critics

Friday, February 5, 2016 at 6:00pm Starr Foundation Hall, The New School University Center, 63 Fifth Avenue, New York The Heilbroner Center and the Committee on Historical Studies at the New School for Social Research present Jason W. Moore in conversation with Nancy Fraser and Eli Zaretsky about his book Capitalism in the Web of Life (Verso,

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Event – Jonathan Soros: “When Free Speech and Democracy Conflict”

  On December 3rd, Jonathan Soros will present “When Free Speech and Democracy Conflict” at The New School. The event is open to the public, but RSVPs will be done at this location online via EventBrite. Sponsored by the Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies, the event will include comments and discussion with two of The

Nancy Fraser in the New York Times Online

New School Professor Nancy Fraser was recently interviewed for a piece in the New York Times’ online blog, The Opinionator–or more specifically, the series on contemporary philosophy called ‘The Stone‘. Her interview, fascinatingly titled “A Feminism Where ‘Lean In’ Means Leaning On Others”, can be viewed in its entirety here.

Julia Ott on the BBC

New School Professor Julia Ott was recently interviewed by the BBC for a program entitled, “US Capitalism in the 21st Century”.  A clip of Julia’s interview discussing Veblen Goods, among other topics, can be viewed here.

Teresa Ghilarducci in The Atlantic

New School Professor Teresa Ghilarducci recently wrote an article in The Atlantic online, available here. Entitled “Finding the Silver Lining in a Potential Interest-Rate Hike,” the article discusses potential upsides to the Federal Reserve’s raising of interest rates.

Platform Cooperativism: The Internet, Ownership, Democracy

Upcoming event at The New School (h/t Trebor Scholz): Platform Cooperativism: The Internet, Ownership, Democracy November 13-14, The New School http://platformcoop.net The seeds are being planted for a new kind of online economy. For all the wonders the Internet brings us, it is dominated by an economics of monopoly, extraction, and surveillance. Ordinary users retain

Julia Ott | “Slaves: The capital that made capitalism”

Slaves: The Capital that Made Capitalism Julia Ott — August 20, 2015 (this post was republished in its entirety from Public Seminar) The slaves of General Thomas F. Drayton, 1862 © Henry P. Moore | Wikimedia Commons This post, adapted from a lecture in the team-taught course “Rethinking Capitalism” at The New School for Social

Neil Altman – “Economic Globalization and Mental Health”

Economic Globalization and Mental Health Neil Altman — July 31, 2015 (This post was republished in its entirety from Public Seminar) Farming in India © Kannan Muthuraman | Flickr Economic globalization is much in the news these days, most recently as Congress debated President Obama’s proposal for a “free trade” agreement with the nations of