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The Father of Free-Market Capitalism Turns 300: How Much of Adam Smith's Hand is Still Visible Today?
The Scottish philosopher Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations in 1776, much the same way Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin developed their own scientific revolutions. In honor of the 300th anniversary of Adam Smith'…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/father-free-market-capitalism-turns-300-how-much-adam-smiths-hand-still-visible-todayMental Health and Film/TV Depictions
How can genres like comedy and horror be tools for depicting mental health? When should we strive to be accurate in our mental health depictions? When does creative license trump accuracy? What are the ethics of represe…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/mental-health-and-filmtv-depictionsChina's Party-State Capitalism
Lingling Wei, chief China correspondent of The Wall Street Journal and co-author of Superpower Showdown, will talk about how Xi Jinping is reshaping and ring-fencing China's economy amid heightened competition with the…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/chinas-party-state-capitalismFalling in Love with Machines
We might soon be making machines that some people regard as friends and colleagues, or even children and romantic partners. Might such machines be people like us, deserving of rights, or would it all be illusion? Eric S…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/falling-love-machines(Un)Knowing Inequality: A Critical Race Psychology Perspective on Engaging Systemic Racism
Phia Salter, associate professor of psychology at Davidson College, will discuss how what we collectively remember or forget about the historical past has social and psychological implications for contemporary race rela…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/unknowing-inequality-critical-race-psychology-perspective-engaging-systemic-racismDecline and Fall or Crises and Resilience? Lessons from the Western Roman Empire
Michele Renee Salzman, Distinguished Professor of History at the University of California, Riverside and author of The Falls of Rome: Crises, Resilience and Resurgence in Late Antiquity, will address why traditional exp…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/decline-and-fall-or-crises-and-resilience-lessons-western-roman-empireRace Matters: A Conversation with Cornel West
Cornel West, the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at the Union Theological Seminary, prolific author and public intellectual, will discuss the seminal ideas in his 1993 book, Race Matters, and reflect on how the insights and r…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/race-matters-conversation-cornel-westThe Rise (and Bumps) of Decentralized Finance
Vincenzo Quadrini, professor of finance and business economics at the Marshall School of Business of the University of Southern California, will talk about the growth (and bumps) of decentralized finance including the m…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/rise-and-bumps-decentralized-financeAmerica and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth: One Reporter's Stories
Long-time journalist and author Sam Quinones’ latest book, The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth, deepens the story of our nation’s opioid epidemic to include the spread of mas…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/america-and-hope-time-fentanyl-and-meth-one-reporters-storiesGlobalization, R.I.P.?
The death of globalization has been greatly exaggerated over the past 15 years. But argues Daniel William Drezner, professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, the…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/globalization-rip