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.
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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
Teresa Ghilarducci Bio in Bloomberg News
The ideas of New School Economics Professor Teresa Ghilarducci’s were discussed at length (and in great detail) in a recent Bloomberg News article available online here.
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
Betsy Beasley – “Another New Kind of Marriage”
Another New Kind of Marriage Betsy Beasley — July 20, 2015 (This post was republished in its entirety from Public Seminar) …or does it? © Elvert Barnes | Flickr On Friday, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision guaranteeing the right of same-sex couples to marry in every state in the nation.
Jeffrey Goldfarb – “It’s Inequality Stupid! Hillary Clinton at The New SChool on the Economy”
It’s Inequality, Stupid! Hillary Clinton at the New School on the Economy Jeffrey Goldfarb — July 14, 2015 (This post was republished in its entirety from Public Seminar) Attending Hillary Clinton’s speech here at The New School on Monday, I was impressed, though not inspired. In person, she seemed to me to be as wooden as
Cinzia Arruzza – “The Greek Referendum: a new Battle of Marathon”
The Greek Referendum: A New Battle of Marathon Cinzia Arruzza — July 6, 2015 (This post was republished in its entirety from Public Seminar) Painting of Pheidippides as he gave word of the Greek victory over Persia at the Battle of Marathon to the people of Athens. Luc-Olivier Merson, 1869 © Public Domain | Wikimedia
Eli Zaretsky – “We Are All Greek”
We Are All Greek Eli Zaretsky — June 30, 2015 (This post was republished in its entirety from Public Seminar) During the thirties Edmund Wilson recalled his reaction to the stock market crash of 1929 as “not depressing but stimulating. One couldn’t help being exhilarated by the sudden unexpected collapse of that stupid, gigantic fraud.”
Economization of the Social at The New School
On June 5th and 6th, The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) and the Robert L. Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies at The New School for Social Research sponsored a weekend conference entitled, “The Economization of the Social since the 1970s.” The event featured a number of illustrious attendees and presenters from a wide array of disciplines