Please congratulate our Graduate Fellow Amanda Zadorian on her upcoming postdoctoral fellowship at the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow. For more information, click here.
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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
The Argument for Ditching the 401(k) and Starting Over
Heilbroner Colleague and Economics Professor Teresa Ghilarducci was recently featured in a new article from Bloomberg, “The Argument for Ditching the 401(k) and Starting Over.” Read the full article here.
Race and Capitalism: Michael Dawson and Nancy Fraser in Conversation, March 7th, 2018
Please join the Heilbroner Center and our colleagues at the University of Chicago’s Center for the Study of Race, Culture, and Politics, for a conversation on “Race and Capitalism” between Nancy Fraser (The New School) and Michael Dawson (The University of Chicago). The debate will center around two different conversations, “Black Politics and the Neoliberal
Is There No Feminism Without Capitalism?
Reading Public Seminar, Thinking about the Relationships between Gender Justice and Free Public Life Below, find an excerpt of Jeffrey C. Goldfarb’s essay, “Is There No Feminism Without Capitalism?” The whole piece is available through Public Seminar. “Now. Those discussions inform my appreciation of the latest developments, anticipating their future promise. The #MeToo movement in