Watch Now: Let's Talk About Capitalism – And Society Too

Videos are now available from all sessions in the Center's 20th annual conference, Let's Talk About Capitalism – And Society Too, held September 18, 2023 at Columbia's Faculty House.

Edmund Phelps, Opening Remarks

Jeffrey Sachs, Redesigning Politics for Sustainable Development

Andrzej Rapaczynski, Capitalism and the Challenge of Inequality

Thomas Piketty, From Social Democracy to Democratic Socialism: Lessons from a Brief History of Equality

Richard Robb, Taking Stock

Vicky Pryce, Women vs Capitalism: How the System, Left to Itself, Constrains and Undervalues Women’s Contribution to the Economy and Produces Sub-Optimal Economic and Social Outcomes

Rahel Jaeggi, What (If Anything) Is Wrong with Capitalism?

Leif Pagrotsky, From Progress to Pessimism: The Case of Sweden

Agnes Callard, Capitalism and Kinship (Luncheon speech)

Richard Sennett, Ruling By Acting

Stefano Micossi: A Dysfunctional Market Economy: Italy

Marc Schulz, Lessons from the Harvard Study of Adult Development about Social Connection and Work

James Heckman, How the Welfare State Affects Inequality and Social Mobility: A Comparison of the U.S. and Denmark

Partha Dasgupta, Economic Growth in the Anthropocene

Edmund Phelps, Closing Remarks

Joseph Stiglitz, The Economy and the Good Society (Dinner speech)