Join us as Joe Uehline discusses his just published memoir, THREE ROADS: LABOR, MUSIC, ECOLOGY and gives a live musical performance.
September 10, 2026 at 4 pm ET to 5 pm ET
Please join three distinguished labor experts: Juliet Schor, David Weil, and Paul Sonn and as they discuss how to protect workers' jobs, raise wages, and achieve the four-day week.
May 5, 2026 at 4 pm to 5:30 pm
Join authors Josh Mason and Arjun Jayadev as they discuss their book "Against Money" with panelists Christine Desan, Gerald Epstein, and Perry Mehrling. The discussion is moderated by Robert Pollin.
April 30, 2026 at 12 pm EDT to 1 pm EDT
Join Nancy Folbre, Jane Humphries, and Joya Misra as they discuss Folbre's new book "Making Care Work: Why Our Economy Should Put People First."
October 24, 2025 at 4 pm ET to 5:30 pm ET
Professor Joel Tickner discusses the future of the chemical industry in the U.S. and prospects for increasing technical, ecological, and economic sustainability.
October 20, 2025 at 4 pm ET to 5:30 pm ET
Juliet Schor is an economist and Professor of Sociology at Boston College. In 2022 she became the lead researcher for pathbreaking trials studying hundreds of companies instituting four day, thirty-two hour workweeks with five days’ pay. The research, which is ongoing, finds large improvements in well-being outcomes and success for the participating organizations. Her book, Four Days a Week (HarperBusiness, 2025), details these findings.
September 30, 2025 at 4 pm ET to 5:30 pm ET
Vamsi Vakulabharanam is an Associate Professor of Economics at UMass Amherst. In this book talk, he will provide a comparative analysis of the patterns of growth and inequality in China and India between 1950 and 2010, giving a special focus to class perspectives. He will also analyze inequality in these countries within the larger contexts of Asian and global capitalism.
September 9, 2025 at 4 pm to 5:30 pm
May 12, 2025 at 4 pm EDT to 5:30 pm EDT
Karl Marx’s magnum opus Capital, first published in 1867, remains one of the most influential books in the history of economics. A new English translation from the German original was recently published by Princeton University Press. This workshop brings together the book’s translator, Paul Reitter, and editor, Paul North, as well as three leading interpreters of Marx to discuss the significance of Capital for 21st century readers.
March 11, 2025 at 4 pm EST to 5:30 pm EST
Join us on March 11 at 4pm ET. In person at UMass Amherst or via Zoom. Visit: https://peri.umass.edu/event/7176/ for more info.
October 17, 2024 at 4 pm ET to 6 pm ET
