Dear colleagues,
Please find details below of a forthcoming event at the LSE; 'Alternatives
to Austerity?', a public conversation that aims to look towards a post
austerity future, discussing proposals for a social calculus to be applied
to government policy and sovereign debt relations. We would be grateful if
you could pass these details on to any of your colleagues who may be
interested in attending.
Date: Thursday 9 June 2016
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speakers: Dr Laura Bear, Anna Coote, Dr Andrea Muehlebach, Dr Carly
Schuster
Chair: Professor Deborah James
This event is free and open to all with no ticket or pre-registration
required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For any queries
see LSE Events FAQ or contact us at [log in to unmask] or 0207 955 6043.
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Link to full details:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/publicEvents/events/2016/06/20160609t1830vOT.aspx
Detailed description:
This panel discussion will look beyond the present into a future without
austerity. Participants will discuss the proposals for a social calculus to
be applied to government policy and sovereign debt relations as proposed in
Laura Bear’s recent book, Navigating Austerity: currents of debt along a
South Asian River (Stanford University Press 2015).
How can we develop new forms of policy and politics that prioritise social
rather than financial aims for government spending? How might we reform
financial institutions so as to give precedence to longer-term goals than
those set by market? What can be done to reduce the inequality generated by
austerity policies in the UK and across the world? Can we imagine utopian
institutions and social movements that could generate abundance, mutual and
environmental protection?
Participants:
Laura Bear is Associate Professor of Anthropology at LSE and author
of Navigating Austerity: Currents of Debt along a South Asian river.
Anna Coote is Head of Social Policy at the New Economics Foundation.
Andrea Muehlebach is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University
of Toronto and author of The Moral Neoliberal: Welfare and Citizenship in
Italy.
Carly Schuster is a lecturer and researcher at Australian National
University. Her Chicago PhD in Anthropology won the Richard Saller Prize
for most distinguished dissertation in the Division of Social Sciences.
Deborah James (@djameslse) is Professor of Anthropology at LSE and author
of Money from Nothing: indebtedness and aspiration in South Africa.
We look forward to seeing you at the LSE on the 9th.
Yours,
Dr. Ben Bowles
Research Assistant - London School of Economics and Political Science
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