Join the APPEAL Reading Group for the third session of their “What is Capitalism?” Reading Group. Meeting approximately every month, the reading group expects participants to read material circulated in advance. All are welcome, and participants need not attend each session. Discussions will draw on a series of questions on topics such as the elements…
The Progressive Talent Pipeline is a program to identify, endorse, train, and recommend a diverse slate of committed progressives for staff roles in Congress and the executive branch. Working in government is one of the most strategic ways to impact policy-making and shape the national political discourse, but there is not always an obvious entry…
The Law and Political Economy Society (www.lpesoc.org) at Berkeley is a student-run organization dedicated to fostering interest and discussion in LPE, offering a community through which students and practitioners can build creative thinking, dissent, and systemic critique into their study and practice. Come join LPE Soc this Thursday, September 17th at 5:35 pm PT as we hang out,…
A panel discussion on the social-capital disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact in exacerbating inequality. The workshop/panel discussion will address the interrelationship of the COVID-19 pandemic and the inequalities within our society and throughout the world. To what extent is the pandemic an outgrowth of the inequalities endemic to a world dominated by…
This will be the second meeting of APPEAL’s seminar format reading group which will explore the meaning and nature of capitalism with a focus on political economy and law. It meets approximately every month, and participants are expected to read material circulated in advance and to be prepared to discuss a series of questions about the…
The "Mapping U.S. Law & Political Eocnomy" Series stages conversations between LPE scholars about current features of the U.S. legal-political order, how they came to be and where they might be going, with an emphasis on the political coalitions that have shaped and reshaped them.