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Robert L. Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies
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and promote theoretical and analytic tools that
Studies brings together faculty and students
can help its scholars envision and instantiate
for interdisciplinary conversations around
different and better economies—local and
theoretical approaches to and analytic
global—for the future.
methods for the study of capitalism in its myriad forms. Affiliated faculty and students share a
The Center for Capitalism Studies seeks to devise a common language with which capitalism can be understood, analyzed,
commitment to critical thought, ethical
interpreted, and engaged—with rigor, with
reflection, and real-world relevance in their
precision, and in a manner that is accessible
research fields, which include the history of
to the broadest possible audience. Our
capitalism, economic sociology, international
program supports diverse inquiries into the
political economy, heterodox economics,
major structuring force in contemporary
critical theory, economic anthropology, and
society, posing questions both timeless
science and technology studies. Our graduate
and pressing.
and undergraduate courses examine the basic logic of capitalism (as conceived by a range of
capitalismstudies.org
theorists), its culturally and historically specific
capitalismstudies@newschool.edu
varieties, and its ability to structure our political possibilities and creative endeavors. Through interdisciplinary research and teaching, the Center for Capitalism Studies aims to develop
Fig. 6 Economist Robert Heilbroner at The New School for Social Research.
THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
The Robert L. Heilbroner Center for Capitalism
