In recent years, the inseparable procedures of racialization and capitalism have been magnified in the public eye. Scholarship has moved alongside debt crises and the ongoing profitability of punishment, and taken clues from social movements that have dramatized the connections between the dynamics of race, finance, extraction, selective success and economic immiseration. In this conversation
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11/15 Dark Ghettos and the Articulation of Race and Capitalism
Political theorist Adom Getachew will moderate a discussion between Harvard philosopher Tommie Shelby and Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies Faculty Fellow Michael Dawson of the University of Chicago. Shelby and Dawson will discuss what implications an analysis of the intersection of race and capitalism have for the argument Shelby advanced in his book Dark Ghettos. The event will take place on Thursday, November 15th,
“The whiteness of capital” by Faculty Fellow Victoria Hattam
2017 – 2018 Faculty Fellow Victoria Hattam recently published an article on “The whiteness of capital” in The Journal for Cultural Research. This article examines the relationship between whiteness, capital mobility, and migration along the U.S.-Mexico border. For more information, visit The Journal for Cultural Research online. The full article can be found here: The whiteness of capital.
Is Amartya Sen the 21st Century’s ‘Great Critic’ of Capitalism?
A response to Tim Rogan This article was first published by Public Seminar. The original post can be found here. Tim Rogan, in an essay recently published by Aeon, claims that Amartya Sen is the “Century’s Great Critic of Capitalism.” He states that Sen deserves this attribute because of his groundbreaking approach to capitalist critique, wherein he
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
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
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
McKenzie Wark and Chiara Bottici Featured in New Book from the Museum of Capitalism
Former Heilbroner Fellow McKenzie Wark and New School Philosophy’s Professor Chiara Bottici were recently featured in a new publication from the Museum of Capitalism, recently opened in Oakland, California. Purchase the book here. The new collection “offers a glimpse into its controversial project of untimely memorialization. Published contemporaneously with the opening of Museum of Capitalism in
Sex Work and the Capitalist Patriarchy
Legalization is not a substitute for abolishment The following is an excerpt from Amy Brozovich’s essay, “Sex Work and the Capitalist Patriarchy: Legalization is not a substitute for abolishment,” available in full on Public Seminar. “To understand prostitution, its racist character must be acknowledged. Women who were and continue to be forced into prostitution