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Trump’s Bottling of Old Wine

Trump’s Bottling of Old Wine Can we finally lose our bipartisan taste for workfare? The following article was first published by Public Seminar. See the original posting here.  It is tempting to see President Trump’s executive order directing his agencies to find ways to require work as a condition for receiving means-tested benefits as another example

Former Faculty Fellow and “Uneasy Street” Author Rachel Sherman Named 2018 Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Please congratulate former Heilbroner Center Faculty Fellow and Uneasy Street author Rachel Sherman on being named 2018’s Andrew Carnegie Fellow! The following report was originally published on New School News. In her critically acclaimed 2017 book, Uneasy Street: the Anxieties of Affluence, Rachel Sherman spoke with 50 affluent New Yorkers to examine their lifestyle choices and their understanding

4/25 | Mia White: Rebellion and a Spatial Theory of Love

Please join our colleagues Mia C. White and the Tishman Environment and Design Center for their upcoming Lunch and Learn, “Rebellion and a Spatial Theory of Love.” The event will take place on Wednesday, April 25th, 2018, from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM, in Room 1605, 79 5th Avenue. Mia Charlene White is Assistant Professor of

Observing the Social Content of Economic Competition: A report of new findings

“Observing the Social Content of Economic Competition: A report of new findings,” by Heilbroner Center colleague Professor Paulo L. dos Santos. This article was originally published on Public Seminar. “Recent studies have found that the distributions of a number of important economic variables follow well-known patterns or distributional forms. These include changes in stock prices, corporate

As West Virginia Goes: Reflections on the West Virginia Teacher’s Strike

Below, find an excerpt from “As West Virginia Goes: Reflections on the West Virginia Teacher’s Strike” by Ken Fones-Wolf. The entire article is available from Public Seminar. “For the second time in eighteen months, West Virginia has become a bellwether for the nation according to many pundits. In the fall of 2016, reporters latched onto “Trump

Collective Imaginations of Capitalism: A Graduate Student Symposium

Please join us for The Heilbroner Center’s annual graduate symposium, coming up on April 13th, 2018, in the Wolff Conference Room, 6 E. 16th Street. This year’s theme is Collective Imaginations of Capitalism. The conference is organized and presented by the Heilbroner Center’s graduate fellows. The schedule is as follows:  11:00 AM: Breakfast 11:30 AM:

Spring 2018 Sociology Lecture Series

Please join our colleagues at NSSR’s Sociology department for their upcoming Spring 2018 Lecture series! All lectures will be held in the Wolff Conference Room, 1103, 6 East 16th Street. See you there!  

Darrick Hamilton Confronts Inequality Through Economics

The following article was originally published on New School News.  “The first week of 2018 was a busy one for Darrick Hamilton, one of the country’s leading stratification economists. At the start of the new year, he traveled to the American Economic Association conference in Philadelphia to make a presentation on baby bond accounts, his