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APPEAL’S “WHAT IS CAPITALISM?” READING GROUP

Feb 26, 2021

The next session of APPEAL’s What Is Capitalism? Reading Group will explore feminist insights into the law and political economy of capitalism. All are welcome, and participants need not attend each session, though they do ask participants to read the materials in advance.  They also encourage participants to join APPEAL by signing up as a member, www.politicaleconomylaw.org.

The readings will be sent by email to those who register

Ellen Mutari , Marilyn Power & Deborah M. Figart (2002). Neither Mothers Nor Breadwinners: African-American Women’s Exclusion From US Minimum Wage Policies, 1912-1938, Feminist Economics, 8:2, 37-61, DOI: 10.1080/13545700210160988. 

Randy Albelda, University of Massachusetts Boston, Essential, exposed, and still unequal: Women, work and Covid-19 in the US (working draft January 2021).

As this session’s discussion leader, they are excited to have Professor Emerita Marilyn Power, Sarah Lawrence College Department of Economics.  

If you register below, both the zoom link and the readings will be emailed to you. For more information, please email APPEAL@politicaleconomylaw.org with Capitalism Reading Group in the subject line.