Capitalism is in a human, political, social, and environmental crisis.
The Rethinking Capitalism (ReCap) Webinar Series is an opportunity to reflect on the failures of our cultural and production model.
The objective of these talks is to foster awareness, cooperation, and activism among academics and guide policymakers in implementing corrective policies to bring our societies back on a sustainable path.
- sustainable economic growth strategy
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- Online only
- Live streaming available
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- Online only
- Languages
- English
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- Joint Research Centre | Center for European Studies | Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis
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- Rethinking Capitalism (ReCap) Webinar Series
Description
The webinar: The Journey of Humanity: American Capitalism in the Age of Chaos
This talk draws from Ages of American Capitalism: A History of the United States (Random House: 2021), a history of the American economy from the British colonization of North America in the seventeenth century through the Great Recession. It focuses upon the last, post-1980 “Age of Chaos.” It is widely known that capitalism transformed after the industrial crisis decade of the 1970s. How should these changes be characterized, why did they come about, and with what consequences for the U.S. and global economy alike? The talk focuses upon the creation of a post-1980 political economy of “asset price appreciation” in the U.S. and concludes by speculating whether capitalism may be at another turning point today.
Presented by Jonathan Levy, James Westfall Thompson Professor of U.S. History, Fundamentals, Social Thought, and the College at the University of Chicago.