Economics
Gentrification 2.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Blurry
Brooklyn Historical Society 128 Pierrepont St, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesFrom Sunset Park to East New York, barely a neighborhood in Brooklyn isn’t ensconced in its own version of the gentrification debate. Beyond the posturing and the rhetoric is a nuanced history and present day reality that’s neither all good, nor all bad. Join Matthew Schuerman, author of Newcomers: Gentrification and Its Discontents; Kay Hymowitz, Fellow at the […]
Drug Test: Psychedelic Economics & Networking Hour
Caveat 21A Clinton St, Manhattan, NY, United StatesWhen the black market turns rainbow, what are we gonna do? How do we keep the good parts of an underground community? How do we protect against the bad parts of a legal economy? How do we keep the "deal" in "drug deal"? Stick around for a Networking Happy Hour after the show!!! Since the […]
Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America’s Heartland
New York Academy of Medicine 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesWith the rise of the Tea Party and the election of Donald Trump, many middle- and lower-income white Americans threw their support behind conservative politicians who pledged to make life great again for people like them. As Jonathan Metzl shows, the right-wing policies that resulted from this white backlash put these voters’ very health at […]
Jason Haber – Futurecity: A Look at the Past, Present, and Future of NYC and Cities Around the World
New York Society for Ethical Culture 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, United StatesFor the first time in history, more people live in cities than in rural areas. By 2050, another 2 billion people will occupancy our planet, with two-thirds of them living in cities. While we have reached unprecedented population growth, our planet is under siege and many of our cities, including our own, are ill-prepared for […]
TIGHTROPE: Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center 1 East 65th Street, New York, NY, United StatesNicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn on America’s Working Class Crisis $36 includes a copy of the book For almost two decades, The New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has traveled the globe to put human faces on the devastating problems plaguing the planet — from disease and poverty to violence and exploitation — and on the […]