Tue
May 19
2026
Room 001, Rockefeller Center, 7:30pm-8:30pm
The author of Shut Out: How the Housing Shortage Caused the Great Recession (2019) returns to discuss the affordability issue today. Sponsored by the Political Economy Project.
Wed
May 13
2026
Haldeman Hall 41 (Kreindler Conference Hall), 5:00pm-6:00pm
MacMillan (English and Econ, class of 2016) returns to Alma mater to discuss her unusual career trajectory. Sponsored by the Political Economy Project.
Tue
Apr 28
2026
Room 003, Rockefeller Center, 7:30pm-8:30pm
The Vanderbilt Law Professor discusses her recent book The Licensing Racket. Sponsored by the Political Economy Project
Tue
Mar 3
2026
Cook Auditorium, Murdough Center, 5:00pm-6:45pm
A forum with five attorneys who resigned in protest, exploring moral agency, high-stakes decision-making, and life inside elite institutions.
Wed
Feb 25
2026
Carson Hall L01, 6:30pm-7:30pm
Join China expert Lizzie Lee to discuss China's state subsidies for frontier industries, and whether or not there is a fatal flaw in China's geo-strategy.
Tue
Jan 27
2026
Carson Hall L01, 7:30pm-8:30pm
Join the Political Economy Project for a conversation with Frank Dikotter, author of "Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity"
Wed
Jan 14
2026
Carson Hall L02, 8:00pm-9:00pm
Join Professor Jennifer Lind and Managing Editor of Semafor, Andy Browne, for a conversation about Professor Lind's new book.
Mon
Nov 3
2025
Class of 1930 Room, Rockefeller Center, 11:30am-12:30pm
Join lunch and conversation with Harvey Mansfield, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Government at Harvard, and Professor Russell Muirhead.
Wed
Oct 22
2025
Room 003, Rockefeller Center, 5:00pm-6:00pm
Does polarization make it impossible to laugh together? Dan Goor, of Brooklyn99, Parks & Rec, and The Office joins Profs. Russell Muirhead and Charlie Wheelan for a conversation.
Thu
Oct 16
2025
Room 001, Rockefeller Center, 5:00pm-6:00pm
Join Professor Benjamin Friedman as he revisits and updates his 2005 classic, The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth (Knopf) for the robotics and AI generation.