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Rethinking Capitalism (ReCap) Webinar Series
Capitalism is in a human, political, social, and environmental crisis. The Rethinking Capitalism (ReCap) Webinar Series is an opportunity to reflect on the failures of our cultural and production model. The objective of these talks is to foster awareness, cooperation, and activism among academics and guide policymakers in implementing corrective policies. The ReCap Webinar Series is jointly organized by RCEA-Europe ETS and CefES-DEMS, under the auspices of the JRC (European Commission). Participation in the webinar series is free through zoom. Information on the webinar series can be found at: https://www.rcea.world/events/forthco...

Today's webinar is entitled "Reconciling Democracy and Capitalism: The Return of the Great Challenge". Our speaker is Prof Sheri Berman from Barnard College, Columbia University

Sheri today will tell us about how to reform capitalism to make it compatible with other social and political goals. Only because of the relative prosperity and stability of the decades after World War II Americans and Europeans have forgotten how disruptive capitalism can be. The class conflict, extremism, and failed democratic experiments that plagued Europe up through the Second World War confirmed the belief that capitalism and democracy could not be reconciled. Yet after 1945, a social democratic understanding of the relationship between the two allowed for their reconciliation. Sheri will tell us about the intellectual and political development of this social democratic understanding to provide perspectives on the challenges and potential solutions facing western societies today.