A conversation featuring William Milberg (NSSR), Mariana Mazzucato (UCL), Teresa Ghilarducci (NSSR), Hans Kundnani (NYU), and Mark Setterfield (NSSR) Here is the video from my fascinating conversation on economy and democracy with Mariana Mazzucato, Teresa Ghilarducci, Hans Kundnani, and Mark Setterfield. All of them contributed to the recent special issue of Social Research, “Challenges to Democracy and the
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New Issue of Social Research Journal: Challenges to Democracy and the Future of Capitalism
READ THE FULL ISSUE HERE The latest issue of Social Research Journal is guest edited by Heilbroner Center Director and Professor of Economics, William Milberg, with articles from faculty members Federico Finchelstein, Mark W. Frazier, Teresa Ghilarducci, Jessica Pisano, & Mark Setterfield; students Ludovica Tursini & Michael Tedesco; and alumni Rick McGahey (also a SCEPA economist), Mariana Mazzucato, & Thomas Liess. From the Editor (Prof. Milberg): “This
Market Failure: The Climate Crisis and the Limits of Capitalism
View Recording In his new book The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet, Brett Christophers argues that there is a central flaw in the market-led approach to the climate crisis: renewables aren’t profitable enough to spur decarbonization. In this event, Christophers will speak with historian Adam Tooze, in a conversation moderated by journalist Kate Aronoff, about the
ONLINE | The New Varieties of Capitalism: Crack-Up, Spiderweb, and Monopsony
Register Online | Zoom Join an online panel discussion with: Quinn Slobodian, Professor of History, Boston University and author of Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and a Dream of a World Without Democracy Kimberly Kay Hoang, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago and author of Spiderweb Capitalism: How Global Elites Exploit Frontier Markets Ashok Kumar, Lecturer, Birkbeck College,
Letter: Future will be shaped by the heresies of heterodox economics
From Daniyal Khan, The New School, Alumnus (Economics 2022); Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan Dissenters at elite economics departments are indeed important in challenging the incestuous high priesthood of economics as your leader makes clear (“Is economics in need of trustbusting?”, FT
Decolonizing International Affairs Seminar Series
Register Rm. UL102, Starr Foundation Hall, University Center, The New School Graduate Programs in International Affairs presents series 1 of Decolonizing International Affairs – The Past and Future of the New International Order: An Agenda to Decolonize the Global Economy In 1974, nations of the South won an agreement to end economic colonialism and dependence
A View From the Field: The Visions of Erna Brodber
A View from the Field (60 mins) explores the life’s work and the political era of Jamaican literary laureate, historian, fiction writer, sociologist and community activist Erna Brodber. Brodber, one of Jamaica’s great literary figures of contemporary times, is best known for such novels as Myal and Louisiana, and for a number of historical and sociological studies. She has
How Capitalists Think
Thursday, May 11, 4:00 PM to 5:30PM (EDT) A discussion of States and The Masters of Capital by Prof. Quentin Bruneau (NSSR/Politics) and The Capital Order by Prof. Clara Mattei (NSSR/ Economics), with Prof. Jeremy Adelman (Princeton University) and Prof. Julia Ott (NSSR/ Historical Studies). Join us in person, we have limited seats. Externals, please rsvp to get access
Sociology Colloquium: “Race, Class and Capitalism: The Changing Views of W.E.B. Du Bois”
Abstract: How should we think about the relations among race, class and capitalism? Does racism drive capitalism or capitalism drive racism? Can one end racism under capitalism? Or does one first have to vanquish capitalism? W.E.B. Du Bois’ sociology offers a succession of answers to these questions as he wrestled with a life of public and political engagement
Vital Alignments: Towards Reparative Caribbean Ecologies
Friday, May 12, 10am-5pm, Symposium Convened by Dr. Saudi Garcia (Anthropology, The New School) and Dr. Kris Manjapra (History, Tufts University, Heilbroner Center Fellow) Panelists: Distinguished Keynote Speaker Erna Brodber, Literary Laureate, Sociologist, and Community Organizer, Woodside, Jamaica; Veronica Agard, Ancestors in Training Project; Tao Leigh Goffe, Cultural Theorist, Cornell University; Catherine John, Cultural Theorist,