Duncan Foley and Lance Taylor, who were recently honored with Tufts University’s Leontieff Prize, were recently interviewed for the Boston Globe. The article, available here, discusses not only their personal backgrounds and career contributions, but also their views on current major economic issues. The Leontief Prize, awarded annually, in memory of Wassily Leontief, “is designed to recognize
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Teresa Ghilarducci bio in USA Today
New School Economics Professor Teresa Ghilarducci was discussed recently in USA Today, covering not only her personal background, but also her research agenda and career goals. The article, which can be found here, also poses her work within the context of today’s retirement picture.
Manufacturing Victory
by Vince Carducci read original post at publicseminar A review essay on A. J. Blaime’s The Arsenal of Democracy September 25th, 2014 | No responses These days people generally think of Detroit — with its vast expanses of abandoned real estate that have given rise to the photographic genre known as ruins porn — as the place where modernity went
The Capitalism of Affects
by Cinzia Arruzza read original post at publicseminar In her groundbreaking book about emotional labor, The Managed Heart, Arlie Russell Hochshild suggests that emotions are not simply stored in us waiting to be expressed: they are also produced and managed. The notion and practice of affects management, both privately and socially, are not specific to capitalism. Hellenistic
The Plight of Greek Higher Education
by Panagiotis Sotiris read original post at publicseminar Greek higher education has been, for the past four years, under a double attack, both by crippling austerity-induced budget cuts and by an attempt to accelerate the imposition of aggressively neoliberal reforms towards an entrepreneurial model of higher education. To understand the importance of these processes, we must
The Politics of the Sharing Economy
by Trebor Scholz read original post at publicseminar If you’ve heard about companies like Airbnb, Zipcar, Skype, Uber, Getaround, and Lyft, and you know a bit about crypto-currencies, you get the picture. The “sharing economy” is just as exhilarating and vexing as the Web 2.0 meme was nine years ago. I am all there with Arun Sundararajan, professor at Stern School of Business
Julia Ott on Podcast: “Who Makes Cents”
New School Professor Julia Ott was a recent guest on the podcast, “Who Makes Cents: A History of Capitalism Podcast.” Hosted by David Stein and Betsy Beasley, and with support from programs at the University of Southern California and Yale University, the podcast can be heard online here.
Julia Ott on NPR: “A Second Look at Capitalism”
New School Professor Julia Ott was a recent guest on NPR’s “On Point with Tom Ashbrook” for a conversation called, “A Second Look At Capitalism: How it’s worked over time. How it hasn’t. And whether it’s run its course.” The conversation, which also includes Louis Hyman, is available online here.
Julia Ott featured in NY Times Article: “In History Departments, It’s Up With Capitalism”
New School Professor Julia Ott was recently featured in a New York Times article covering recent developments in the field of ‘Capitalism Studies’ entitled, “In History Departments, It’s Up With Capitalism.” Discussed and interviewed along with Edward Baptist, Bethany Moreton, Jonathan Levy, Louis Hyman, Sven Beckert, Seth Rockman and Stephen Mihm, the article is available
Victoria Hattam’s Book Published: “In the Shadow of Race”
University Of Chicago Press has recently published New School Professor Victoria Hattam’s book, “In the Shadow of Race: Jews, Latinos, and Immigrant Politics in the United States.” Awarded the Ralph Bunche Award from the American Political Science Association, the book, which can be found here, recovers “the history of [the] entrenched distinction [between race and ethnicity] and the