Recap
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Jathan Sadowski: ‘A Ruthless Criticism of AI and Capitalism’
Social scientist Jathan Sadowski demystifies how the two systems of technology and capitalism work together.
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Yoni Appelbaum and Jerusalem Demsas on Housing, Mobility, and the Thwarting of Economic Opportunity
On March 11, BESI welcomed Yoni Appelbaum and Jerusalem Demsas for a highly anticipated conversation on…
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Panel: ‘Democratic Backsliding in the United States’
Legal and political scholars contextualize the rapidly infolding constitutional crisis.
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Marion Fourcade: ‘The Ordinal Society’
Technologies of information management transform how we relate to ourselves and to each other.
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Brian Judge: ‘Democracy in Default’
Since the 1980s, liberal democracies have turned to finance as a way to depoliticize distributive conflict.
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Daniel Chandler: ‘Free and Equal’
Chandler’s take makes the case for a progressive agenda that would reshape society for the better.
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Rachel Weber: ‘Seizing the Means of Prediction’
You know something is wrong when neoliberals and Marxists start agreeing.
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Diane Coyle: ‘Economics, Automated’
Can we automate economic decision making? More importantly, should we?
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Susan Helper: “Industrial Strategy: Theory And Practice”
Recorded on April 19, this video features a talk by Susan Helper, Carlton Professor of Economics…
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Camila Gramkow: ‘Public Investment for Climate and Social Goals: An Agenda for Brazil and Latin America’
Gramkow presents a Structuralist economic model that combines three dimensions of sustainable development.