The Center on Capitalism and Society

Watch now! Economic Theory and Economic Policy for the Future: The Center's 20th Anniversary Conference
The Center's 20th anniversary conference is available to watch in full online. Click here to watch remarks by Edmund Phelps, Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Rana Foroohar, Roman Frydman, Michele Gelfand, Ian Goldin, Geoffrey Heal, Peter Howitt, Lu Mai, Eric Maskin, Sandra Navidi, Luigi Paganetto, Lauri Pietinalho, Carmen Reinhart, Richard Robb, Esa Saarinen, Jeffrey Sachs, Richard Sennett (dinner speaker), Joseph Stiglitz and Martin Wolf (luncheon speaker).
Publications
C lick here to read Working Papers by Center members and affiliates.
News and Announcements
Click here to read the latest goings-on of Center members and affiliates.
New Journal Issue: Women in an Inclusive Economy
Explore the latest issue of Capitalism and Society on our new Journal website. The issue features papers by Leonora Risse, Graciela Chichilnisky and Joyce DiDonato on the occasion of the Center's special daylong conference, Women in an Inclusive Economy. Click here to read the issue in full online. (Plus explore related video from the conference here.)
The Center on Capitalism & Society
The Center on Capitalism and Society brings together leading scholars in economics, business, finance and law to study capitalist institutions, their effectiveness and their weaknesses, in order to get some answers to such basic questions about capitalism—its working, its dynamism and the instability it may cause, its inclusiveness or lack thereof and its role in a democracy.

News & Announcements

November 17, 2021

Michele Gelfand joins the Center as a member

Michele Gelfand has become a member of the Center on Capitalism and Society. Professor Gelfand is the John H.... Read More

September 20, 2021

Edmund Phelps speaks at Fifth Rendanheyi Model Leading Forum

Center Director Edmund Phelps spoke at the Fifth Rendanheyi Model Leading Forum held in Qingdao, China on September 17, a gathering to discuss how to ... Read More

July 30, 2021

Edmund Phelps speaks at CITIC panel on "Dynamism"

Center Director Edmund Phelps spoke on a CITIC panel with Prof. Justin Lin of Peking University and Prof.... Read More

May 17, 2021

Partha Dasgupta and Ian Goldin join the Center

Partha Dasgupta and Ian Goldin have become foreign members of the Center on Capitalism and Society.... Read More