The inaugural Platform Economies workshop, headed by Janet Roitman and co-sponsored by The Heilbroner Center and The Institute for Public Knowledge, meets in May.
Research
“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.
Transparency and the Factory Farm: Agritourism and Counter-Activism at Fair Oaks Farms
Congratulations to former graduate fellow Jan Dutkiewicz, whose essay “Transparency and the Factory Farm: Agritourism and Counter-Activism at Fair Oaks Farms,” is now forthcoming from Gastronomica! The abstract is reproduced below. Read more here. “The American meat industry has a fraught relationship with the visibility of its operations and the public narrative about its treatment
Courage Before the Break
Courage Before the Break Agnes Heller’s Theory of “Radical Needs” Revisited by Max L. Feldman This article was first published on Public Seminar. See the original posting here. “Good persons exist, how are they possible?” With this question, inimitable Hungarian philosopher Agnes Heller outlines her philosophical territory. As readers of critical theory, it is hard to
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
Trump’s Bottling of Old Wine
Trump’s Bottling of Old Wine Can we finally lose our bipartisan taste for workfare? The following article was first published by Public Seminar. See the original posting here. It is tempting to see President Trump’s executive order directing his agencies to find ways to require work as a condition for receiving means-tested benefits as another example
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
The Argument for Ditching the 401(k) and Starting Over
Heilbroner Colleague and Economics Professor Teresa Ghilarducci was recently featured in a new article from Bloomberg, “The Argument for Ditching the 401(k) and Starting Over.” Read the full article here.
Slam Precarious Work — February 14th, 2018
Wed, Feb 14, 2018, 04:00 PM – 06:00 PM at the Martin E. Segal Theatre Nothing to do on Valentine’s Day? How about joining us for an unconventional celebration of the publication of Precarious Work (edited by Alyson Cole and Faculty Fellow Victoria Hattam), WSQ (Vol. 45, Nos. 3-4, Fall/Winter 2017)? Inspired by Kathi Weeks’s article in the issue, “Down With Love,” we
Globalisation Cafe: The Economics of Palestine
Graduate Fellow Ibrahim Shikaki was recently featured on the podcast Globalisation Cafe, where he talked about his ongoing research concerning the relationship between wages, inequality, and Israeli occupation. Listen to the full podcast here. Graduate Fellow Ibrahim Shikaki