Webinar : Financialization and the Crisis of Capitalism
The
Rethinking Economics India Network is hosting a four-part series of
events on Capitalism and Patriarchy. The opening event is on Financialization
and the Crisis of Capitalism. It aims to bring to attention the evolution
of capitalism as a global economic system while highlighting the role
of financialization, especially in the Global South. Join us for an
interactive panel discussion as we engage with themes of macroeconomics,
the political economy of finance, the social history of capitalism.
The Speakers
Anwar Shaikh is Professor of Economics at
the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science of the New School
University. He is an Associate Editor of the Cambridge Journal of Economics
and was a Senior Scholar and member of the Macro Modeling Team at the
Levy Economics Institute of Bard College. His books include Capitalism:
Competition, Conflict, Crises; Globalization, and the Myths of Free
Trade; and Measuring the Wealth of Nations: The Political Economy of
National Accounts with E. Ahmet Tonak.
C.P. Chandrashekar has retired as a Professor
of Economics at the Center for Economic Studies and Planning, School
of Social Sciences, at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. His research
expertise includes applied macroeconomics and developmental economics
with a focus on industry and finance. He is a regular columnist for
Frontline Magazine and BusinessLine finance daily and the IDEAs.
Anush Kapadia is at IIT Bombay in the Sociology
group of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences; he is also
an associate faculty with the Centre for Policy Studies at IIT Bombay.
He works on the political economy of money and financial systems.
The Organizers
The Rethinking Economics India Network aims to bring together an ecosystem
of stakeholders to scale collaborative efforts for teaching, learning
and discussion. It looks to impact all those who participate in a society
shaped by economic ideas – not just the academic economist, but rather
the public at large.
Time
Mar 20, 2021 06:30 PM in Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi
Registration
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