Neoliberalism – understood both as a political philosophy and as an actually-existing model of governing capitalism – appears to be in terminal decline. The renewed acceptability of industrial policy, the successes of Chinese state capitalism, and the decline of neo/liberal constitutionalism and legalism have all been cited as evidence of such decline. In the midst…
Can New York build its way out of the housing crisis? And when we build, how do we balance deliberation and delivery in democratic politics? The LPE Night School series returns to CUNY Law with a panel on the New York City housing crisis. Amid demographic shifts and displacement, practitioners, advocates, and organizers will examine…
How do grassroots movements make policy change? And how do they hold elected officials accountable? This panel, the third in our ongoing LPE Night School series, turns to the relationship between mobilization and government administration, with a focus on New York City. Join Professor Marbré Stahley-Butts in conversation with movement organizers as we examine how…
Building on our recent event, LPE NYC Night School is examining how we can make real, lasting change in NYC. How do we contend with the outsized power of finance and real estate and build a world-class city for working-class New Yorkers? Join LPE NYC on November 19 at 6:30pm at CUNY Law School as…
Ever wonder why CUNY is no longer free? Confused why the subway fare keeps rising while service declines? Watch LPE NYC ‘s event for a conversation between Professors Gregory Louis and Mason Williams, moderated by Christy Thornton, as they try to answer these questions and more by charting the history of the political economy of…
Please join LPE NYC for the first session in our series on what it really means to make NYC affordable, October 15, 6-8pm at New York Communities for Change (470 Vanderbilt Ave. Brooklyn, NY) This first session will look at a topic on every New Yorker’s mind when it comes to affording to live in…
The LPE Project is thrilled to be co-sponsoring, “Carceral Political Economy in the Era of Late Mass Incarceration” at the New School for Social Research, March 21-22, with The Robert L. Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies. What is the political economy of “late” mass incarceration? How has the globally unparalleled US system of mass imprisonment remained…
