The Center on Capitalism and Society

New Journal Issue: Volume 15, Issue 1
Explore the latest issue of Capitalism and Society, featuring papers by Gerald Auten, Kaushik Basu, Aviv Caspi, and Robert C. Hockett, Sheila Dow, Dominique Foray, Roya Hakakian, Mari Pangestu and Enrique Aldaz-Carrolll, Shruti Rajagopalan, Xi Song, Michael Lachanski, and Thomas Coleman, and Richard Robb, Vinay Viswanathan, and Martin Sattell. Click here to read the issue.
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).
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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

January 03, 2022

Press for the Center's 20th Anniversary Conference

At 3 Quarks Daily, journalist Michael Liss has published an in-depth piece on Economic Theory and Economic Policy for the Future, the 20th anniversary... Read More

December 30, 2021

The Passing of David Sidorsky

With great sadness, the members of the Center mourn the passing of the renowned philosopher at Columbia, Professor David Sidorsky.... Read More

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