In appreciation of what economist Robert Heilbroner identified as “the deep human need to be situated with respect to the future,” The New School sponsors a lecture series in his memory that focuses on the future of capitalism

On Monday, October 12, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., William Lazonick, professor in the Department of Regional Economic and Social Development at University of Massachusetts Lowell and director of the UMass Lowell Center for Industrial Competitiveness, will present “The Fragility of the U.S. Economy.” The lecture will focus on employment instability and inequity in income distribution caused by the financialization of the U.S. corporation.
Lazonick is also affiliated with the CNRS Groupe de Recherche en Économie Théorique et Appliquée of Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV. His research has been funded by government agencies and private foundations in Europe, the United States, and Japan. Lazonick’s latest book, Sustainable Prosperity in the New Economy?: Business Organization and High-tech Employment in the United States, will be available from the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research in Fall 2009.
 
This event is free but reservations are required. Please call 212.229.5901 x491 or email scepa@newschool.edu. It will be held in the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, at 66 Fifth Avenue.

This event is sponsored by the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA). SCEPA is the economic policy research arm of The New School for Social Research’s Department of Economics. Each year, the center hosts economic policy workshops, publishes topical policy notes, and sponsors lectures by top economists and financial leaders. SCEPA’s work is supported in part by a generous gift from Irene and Bernard L. Schwartz.