In memory of Robert Heilbroner, a renowned economist at The New School for Social Research, The New School’s Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) will host Sanford Jacoby, the Howard Noble Professor of Management at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, to present a lecture on the future of capitalism. Professor Jacoby, a historian and economist, will present his paper, titled “Finance and Labor: Perspectives on Risk, Inequality, and Democracy,” in which he argues that social protest and severe populist regulation of the financial industry are likely outcomes of unchecked income and wealth disparities.

The lecture will be followed by a discussion with distinguished economists from three walks of life, including government, the labor movement and Wall Street. Charles Jeszeck is a 23-year veteran with the U.S. Government Accountability Office who has led the Congressional watchdog group’s research on national pension policy and Social Security reform. Mark Levinson, chief economist and director of policy at UNITE-HERE, has worked as an economist for labor organizations for the past 23 years and helped set up the New York-based think tank, the Fiscal Policy Institute. Peter Rappoport, research analyst at JPMorgan, is a leading expert on collateralized debt markets, previously taught economics at Rutgers University and NYU, and he worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The event will be held on September 10, beginning at 6:00 p.m. in Wollman Hall at the Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor. Admission is free, but RSVP is required by calling 212.229.5901 x4911, or emailing cepa@newschool.edu.