Public Seminar this week features an interview with economist Anwar Shaikh about his new book, Capitalism. Anwar Shaikh has been teaching economics at The New School for 42 years. One of the world’s leading heterodox economists, he argues that the neoclassical models taught at most universities are bad tools for analyzing capitalism. He hopes that
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Public Seminar: The Sublime Language of My Century
McKenzie Wark troubles the term “capitalism” on Public Seminar this week: One thing that the left and right now seem to agree on is that the society in which we live is called capitalism. And strangely enough, both now seem to agree that it is eternal. Even the left seems to think there is an
Heilbroner Center Research Grants for Faculty
Research Grants from the Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies Deadline to apply: June 1, 2016 Thanks to a generous gift from Mr. Martin J. Whitman (M.A. 1958), The Robert L. Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies is pleased to invite faculty in any discipline at the New School for Social Research to apply for a grant to support
Public Seminar: Jackson Does Not Belong Anywhere on the Twenty
On Public Seminar this week, Daniel Walker Howe explains why Jackson’s image on the twenty dollar bill is inappropriate. I gladly welcomed the recent news that Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the face of the US twenty-dollar bill. At first I believed — like many Americans, I think — that Jackson would be
Public Seminar: The IMF Makes Class Warriors of Us All
On Public Seminar this week, Tithi Bhattacharya shares their contribution to the Hannah Arendt-Reiner Schurmann Memorial Symposium. On October 24, 1973, the Egyptian military, under the command of General Hosni Mubarak, and under instructions from President Anwar Sadat, dealt an unprecedented blow to the most powerful regime in the Middle East: Israel. As the Egyptian army
Darrick Hamilton on Bernie Sanders’ college plan in The Washington Post
The Washington Post published an article on Monday titled “These academics say Bernie Sanders’s college plan will be a boon for African American students. Will it?” One of the academics in question is Darrick Hamilton, Heilbroner Center faculty affiliate and Professor of Economics and Urban Policy at the New School. “A program like Sanders’s would ensure
Nancy Fraser in the New York Times Online
New School Professor Nancy Fraser was recently interviewed for a piece in the New York Times’ online blog, The Opinionator–or more specifically, the series on contemporary philosophy called ‘The Stone‘. Her interview, fascinatingly titled “A Feminism Where ‘Lean In’ Means Leaning On Others”, can be viewed in its entirety here.
Julia Ott on the BBC
New School Professor Julia Ott was recently interviewed by the BBC for a program entitled, “US Capitalism in the 21st Century”. A clip of Julia’s interview discussing Veblen Goods, among other topics, can be viewed here.
Teresa Ghilarducci in The Atlantic
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.
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