What is Capitalism? Reading & Discussion Group #9
March 26, 2021 Dr. Maha Rafi Atal, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Copenhagen Business School, facilitated a discussion of how the historically changing relationship between the corporation, state and society sheds light on […]
Racial Capitalism
In recent years, interest in racial capitalism has exploded in several disciplines, including history, political theory, and cultural studies. What does “racial capitalism” mean? What is, or should be, the […]
What is Capitalism? Reading & Discussion Group #8
February 26, 2021 Marilyn Power, Professor Emerita of Economics at Sarah Lawrence College, led a discussion on feminist insights into the law and political economy of capitalism.
Presumed Incompetent
This panel brought together one of the co-editors and several contributors to Presumed Incompetent II: Race, Class, Power and Resistance of Women in Academia (Utah State University Press, 2020). The panel discusses […]
What is Capitalism? Reading & Discussion Group #7
January 29, 2021 Dr. Dimitri Van Den Meerssche (PhD EUI, LL.M. NYU), an associate fellow at the Asser Institute and a postdoctoral research fellow at Edinburgh Law School, led a discussion of Julie E. […]
What is Capitalism? Reading & Discussion Group #6
December 18, 2020 Jamee Moudud, Professor of Economics at Sarah Lawrence College, led a discussion of two short readings on W.E.B. Dubois’s important contributions to institutional economics and political economy.
What is Capitalism? Reading & Discussion Group #5
November 20, 2020 Carol E. Heim, Professor Emerita of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, led a discussion of Jonathan Levy, “Accounting for Profit and the History of Capital,” Critical Historical Studies, […]
What is Capitalism? Reading & Discussion Group #4
October 23, 2020 Eric Scorsone, Director, and Sarah S. Klammer, Academic Specialist, both of the MSUE Center for Local Government Finance and Policy at Michigan State University, led a discussion about the […]
What is Capitalism? Reading & Discussion Group #3
September 25, 2020 Eric Scorsone, Director of the MSUE Center for Local Government Finance and Policy at Michigan State University, led a discussion of Keynesian theory and policy centered around three readings: Joan Robinson, “What […]
Pandemic Inequality
A panel discussion on the social-capital disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact in exacerbating inequality. Moderators Presentations
