Upcoming Events

Against Money

March 5th, 6:00-7:30PM

Why is money so deeply misunderstood by the world it dominates—and what are the dangerous social implications of this misunderstanding? The world of money has never been an impartial representation of the world of things. Instead, its existence in different forms—debt, capital, liquidity, and interest—increasingly shapes events in the real world rather than just reflecting them.

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Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature

April 9th, 6:00-7:30PM

Capitalism consistently fails to place value on vital aspects of the nonhuman world, whether carbon emissions or entire ecosystems. In Free Gifts, Alyssa Battistoni explores capitalism’s persistent failure to value nature, arguing that the key question is not the moral issue of why some kinds of nature shouldn’t be commodified, but the economic puzzle of why they haven’t been. 

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Reproduction Crisis? The Fertility/Immigration Dilemma in Wealthy Capitalist Societies

April 22nd, 12:00-1:30PM

While migration is central to current political struggles, its relation to fertility has largely escaped notice. In all wealthy countries, a decades-long decline in fertility has become steeper in recent years. Everywhere rightwing ideologues are trying to exploit the prospect of population decline. 

Fraser and Streeck will discuss the causes of declining domestic fertility; the implications for labor supplies, tax revenues, and welfare services; and the impacts of increased migration on social integration. They will situate the fertility/migration nexus historically with respect to changes in labor markets, gender relations, family forms, consumer culture, and the general shape of capitalist life in wealthy countries.

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