Congratulations to our colleagues at NSSR and Parsons, who were recently awarded a $225,000 Sawyer Seminar Grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation! Among other faculty members, Heilbroner Faculty Fellow Victoria Hattam will help design a seminar series on “Imaginative Mobilities” that will reframe the debate on the nature, purpose, and future of borders. “If we
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Feminism, Capitalism, and Critique: A book excerpt from Banu Bargu and Chiara Bottici
New School Professors Banu Bargu (Politics) and Chiara Bottici (Philosophy) recently teamed up to co-edit a collection of essays inspired by the work of the legendary Nancy Fraser. Below, please find an excerpt from the book. To read the whole passage, please visit Public Seminar. To purchase the book, please visit Springer Press. “Since the
Reductio ad Absurdum: Zero-Hours Contracts, Bogus ‘Self-Employment’, and Welfare ‘Conditionality’ in the UK
As Christian Garland recently wrote, “Neoliberalism remains the dominant economic orthodoxy in the US and UK, as well as in many other places following the Great Recession, but it is, in large part, reaching its own critical limits, with political resistance being just part of these. The nature of this four-decades-long project is heavy with
Eli Cook: Thaler’s Nobel Does Not Challenge Mainstream Economics
Friend of the Center Eli Cook has recently published a new piece on Public Seminar, entitled: “Thaler’s Nobel Does Not Challenge Mainstream Economic: Prizing nudges over shoves misjudges what we need right now.” Cook, who recently delivered a talk at the Heilbroner Center on speculation and finance, argued that the recent win of economist to
Co-Director Julia Ott Published in Washington Post; “It’s not Wall Street that needs to be unleashed – it’s government.”
Professor Julia Ott, co-director of the Heilbroner Center, was recently published in the Washington Post, arguing that “private-sector finance — Wall Street — has historically played a relatively minor role in funding innovation compared with the public sector and with internal reinvestment by large corporations….Democrats need to ignore [such] tiresome canards and rededicate themselves to
Graduate Fellow Ibrahim Shikaki: The Political Economy of Prolonged Occupation in Palestine
Over the summer, Heilbroner Center graduate fellow Ibrahim Shikaki was asked to write a report on the long term effects of occupation on the political economy of Palestine by the Association of International Development Agencies in Palestine. The forthcoming report discusses the structural transformation of the economy, and sheds light on conflict from an International Humanitarian
Professor Duncan Foley Wins Guggenheim Prize in Economics
Congratulations are in order to New School for Social Research Economics professor Duncan Foley, who was recently awarded the 2017 Guggenheim Prize in Economics. According to Research Matters, Professor Foley’s award comes in response to “his numerous papers on topics as diverse as the economics of climate change, financialization and the information economy, and the
Teresa Ghilarducci on Retirement
Friend of the Center Teresa Ghilarducci was recently quoted by the Washington Post in a new piece on retirement finances. Entitled “The New Reality of Old Age in America,” the article explores the decline of retirement savings and how older workers are being forced to prolong their stay in the work force. According to Ghilarducci: “There
Professor Willi Semmler and Former Fellow Damien Parker Published in New Book on Inequality and Finance From Springer Press
Congratulations to former Heilbroner student fellow Damien Parker and current New School economics professor Willi Semmler on their forthcoming publication from Springer Press. The team’s essay, “Asset Accumulation with Heterogeneous Households: The Rise of Wealth Disparity,” is being published in Springer’s new book, Inequality and Finance in Macrodynamics. Both the book and paper are available for
October 6th and 7th: Global Histories of Capital Conference
Please join the New School and New York University for this year’s Global Histories of Capital Conference. This year’s theme is “Global Histories of Capitalism: New Perspectives on the Global South”, and features such speakers as the Heilbroner Center’s own Julia Ott, alongside others from New York University, The New School, and elsewhere. The keynote