Speaker Series on the Capitalist Mode of Power -- Programme and Videos

OVERVIEW: Existing theories of capitalism, mainstream as well as heterodox, view capitalism as a mode of production and consumption. The purpose of this speaker series is to interrogate capitalism as a mode of power. The talks are organized by The Forum on Capital as Power (www.capitalaspower.com) and sponsored by the York Department of Political Science and the Graduate Programme in Social and Political Thought. There will be refreshments and all are welcome.

WHERE: York Lanes, Room 305, York University, Keele Campus

PRESENTATION SCHEDULE:

Jonathan Nitzan -- Can Capitalists Afford Recovery? Economic Policy When Capital Is Power (Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013, 2:30-4:30)

Jordan Brennan -- A Shrinking Universe: How Corporate Power Shapes Inequality (Tuesday, Nov 5, 2013, 2:30-4:30)

James McMahon -- I've Seen This Movie A Thousand Times: Risk and the Hollywood Film Business (Wednesday, Nov 13, 2013, 2:30-4:30)

D.T. Cochrane -- The Power of Love: Diamonds and the Accumulation of De Beers (Tuesday, Nov 19, 2013, 2:30-4:30)