The Capitalist Mode of Poweris aspeaker series that explores the concept of capitalism as a mode of power and its role in the current global crisis; its impact on the distribution of income and corporate concentration, its role in public debt, Hollywood and the operation of the “market”.The purpose of this speaker series is to interrogate capitalism as a mode of power.
The talks started Oct. 20and continue untilNov. 17 and are organized byand sponsored by the 91ɫ Department of Political Science and the Graduate Program in Social & Political Thought. Alltalks take place Tuesdays from3to5pmin theVerney Room, 674 South Ross, Keele Campus, andare open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
The second talk in the series is titled "Economic Growth as a Power Proces" and will take place Tuesday, Oct. 27.
Blair Fix
This talk is presented byBlair Fix, a PhD student at the Faculty of Environmental Studies at 91ɫ. For more information, emailblairfix@gmail.com.
Is economic growth a miracle of the free market? According to mainstream theory, growth is best ensured through conditions of "perfect competition." However, economic growth is tightly correlated with the concentration of power in the hands of large corporations. Why? The capital as power framework provides potential answers that turn mainstream theory on its head: growth seems to be intimately related to the formation of hierarchy.