05.11.2011 in New York
This Saturday’s Thirty-First Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures in New York City is one of many events celebrating the centennial of the birth of the author of “Small Is Beautiful.” Juliet Schor and Gar Alperovitz, Charles Young, Rina Kuusipalo, and Kyle Gracey of Youth for a New Economy, and two representatives from Occupy Wall Street will address the emergence of a new economy, a next economy, a green economy, a responsible economy, — the necessity of which Schumacher described in his influential book.
SCHEDULE:
9:30 Registration, Community Church 40 East 35th Street, New York City
10:00 Welcome by Neva Goodwin
10:15 Talk by Juliet Schor
11:15 Audience response and questions
11:45 Lunch – Pre-order brown bag lunch or bring your own
1:00 Panel with representatives of Youth for a New Economy and Occupy Wall Street moderated by Dan Levinson
2:00 Audience response and questions
2:30 Break
2:45 Talk by Gar Alperovitz
3:45 Audience response and questions
4:30 Closing remarks by speakers
SPEAKERS:
Juliet Schor
Co-founder of the Center for a New American Dream
Author of:
“Plentitude: The New Economics of True Wealth”
“Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture”
“The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure”
“The Overspent American: Upscaling, Downshifting and the New Consumer”
Gar Alperovitz
Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland
Founding Principal of The Democracy Collaborative
Former: Legislative Director in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate
Special Assistant in the Department of State
President of the Center for Community Economic Development
Author of:
“America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty, and Our Democracy”
“Unjust Deserts”
Panel “Voices of Today’s Youth: Occupy Wall Street and the Call for a New Economy”
In this forum we will hear directly from participants of the New York City Wall Street protest, as well as other student activists who, in growing numbers, are rejecting our “broken economy system” and seeking to shape equitable, sustainable alternatives.
TICKETS
$50 each, pre-registration recommended
$17 optional vegetarian brown bag lunch
Tickets may be purchased online or by calling the offices of the New Economics Institute (413) 528 1737.
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