Event overview
Departmental Seminar
14.00-15.50
Catherine Alexander (Goldsmiths), David Graeber (Goldsmiths); David Lewis (LSE)
16.00-18.00
Antonio David Cattani (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul), Keith Hart (Goldsmiths) and Jean-Louis Laville (Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM)
A series of talks to complement the launch of The Human Economy: a citizen's guide (Polity Press) at the LSE with a public lecture by Keith Hart on 27 January. David Lewis, David Graeber and Catherine Alexander have chapters in the book and will be talking briefly about these (with questions and discussion) between 2pm and approx 3.45pm. Between 4 and 5.30/6pm, the editors of the book, Keith Hart, Jean-Louis Laville and Antonio David Cattani will be discussing the broader collective project that began a decade ago at the first World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil and gave rise to this book.
The Human Economy, (eds Hart, Laville and Cattani), Polity Press
The global financial crisis has renewed concern about whether capitalist markets are the best way of organizing economic life. Would it not be better if we were to treat the economy as something made and remade by people themselves, rather than as an impersonal machine?
The object of a human economy is the reproduction of human beings and of whatever sustains life in general. Such an economy would express human variety in its local particulars as well as the interests of all humanity.
The editors have assembled here a citizen’s guide to building a human economy. This project is not a dream but is part of a collective effort that began a decade ago at the first World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and has gathered pace ever since.
Over thirty original essays address topics that range from globalization, community participation and microcredit to corporate social responsibility and alternative energy. Each offers a critical guide to further reading.
The Human Economy builds on decades of engaged research to bring a new economic vision to general readers and a comprehensive guide for all students of the contemporary world.
"This book is a treasure trove for everyone trying to bring the common good and democratic political agency back into economics. International in scope, imaginative in spirit, it brings together the diverse experiences
and ideas that could make possible a transition to a social, ecological and democratic global economy. It is a rich resource for emancipatory politics."
Hilary Wainwright, Fellow, Transnational Institute, Co-editor, Red Pepper
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Jan 2011 | 2:00pm - 6:00pm |
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