"Italy and the Origins of Capitalism", a theme issue of *Business History Review* that I guest edited along with Sophus Reinert Harvard Business School, has just been published online with open access cambridge.org/core/journals/…

I have just heard the news that Philip Gavitt has passed away. A brilliant scholar of late medieval and Renaissance Florence, his work on charity and children in Florence is so, so important for so many people I am colleagues and friends with. Rest in peace, Dr. Gavitt.

"How Trump insults the Declaration: A new list of injuries and usurpations as the U.S. suffers under his leadership" nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-ope… My thoughts for the 4th via New York Daily News

PETITION: Allow F-1 and M-1 students to remain in the US with online only classes chng.it/kZVYrbN6 via Change.org

Men on Horseback is now available at the online bookstore of your choice. Here are some thoughts on how it might contribute to current political discussions. Starting with, yes, “fascism.” amazon.com/Men-Horseback-… /1

It is with deep sorrow that I share news of the death of Bernard Bailyn (1922-2020) earlier today. Truly a giant: a fine friend, inspirational colleague and unmatched historian of early America and the Atlantic world. His like will not come again. Vale, Bud.

At least 102,494 people in prison around the country have tested positive for #COVID19, a 7 percent increase from last week before. Data here: A State-by-State Look at Coronavirus in Prisons themarshallproject.org/2020/05/01/a-s… via The Marshall Project

This Friday and next (May 6th and 13th), join Bernard E. Harcourt, Joel Bakan @mefibiger Mary Ellen Hicks , Rebecca Henderson, @zeithistoriker, D'Maris Coffman, Danielle Guizzo and others at Harvard Business School for a discussion on Forms of Capitalism. Information here: hbs.edu/faculty/resear…

"The very word 'capitalism' emerged originally out of languages of both critique and analysis, and capitalisms—past, present, and future—remain protean, elusive, and politically-contested phenomena" Join the "Forms of Capitalism" Harvard Business School May 6 & 13 | hbs.edu/faculty/resear…

Please join us Harvard Business School for the second half of the zoom workshop "Forms of Capitalism" with Sebouh Aslanian, Joel Bakan, Francesca Trivellato, Mary Ellen Hicks, Bernard E. Harcourt, and Carl Wennerlind. This Friday, 13 May 2022. Full information at hbs.edu/faculty/resear…

Join us tomorrow Friday at noon👇🏼for part 2 of "Forms of Capitalism" Harvard Business School with Mary Ellen Hicks and Carl Wennerlind Samantha. I will be talking about the Behemoth! Others include Robert Fredona Rebecca Henderson @zeithistoriker D'Maris Coffman Danielle Guizzo Joel Bakan @mefibiger

There is also a will to chaos and disorder within authoritarian/libertarian forms of neoliberalism, as we saw during the Trump regime. New essay: Reflections on the "Behemoth" as model of political economy from Harvard Business School conference "Forms of Capitalism": ssrn.com/abstract=41189…

In a guest opinion essay The New York Times, I argue against the constitutionality of Alabama's decision to seek execution by nitrogen gas hypoxia for the men and women on death row. I argue it is cruel human experimentation: nytimes.com/2023/09/18/opi… | Open access: web.archive.org/web/2023091906…

My new article on the Frankfurt School debate over totalitarian state capitalism under the Nazi regime (Neumann, Pollock, Adorno) titled "The Will to Chaos" just published in Harvard Business School's Business History Review and is available in Open Access online here doi.org/10.1017/S00076…

Looking forward to this: Climate Change and Business: Historical Perspectives Edited by Teresa da Silva Lopes, Paul Duguid and Robert Fredona

Research Handbook on the History of #Trademark Law, edited by Faculty of Law's Lionel Bently K.C.(Hon.) & Robert G. Bone UTexasLaw With contributions from leading experts including: 🎗️Michael Birnhack Amanda Scardamaglia Get 30% off - use code Q4LW24 at checkout ➡️ e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/9781… Offer ends soon

I just posted my long-form essay introducing the Marx and Lacan readings for the Marx 4/13 seminar with Renata Salecl tomorrow Columbia University, Tuesday Nov. 26 at 6PM. You can read my essay here: the1313.law.columbia.edu/2024/11/25/ber… Please join the seminar tomorrow, info: marx1313.law.columbia.edu/4-13/

Next up is Business History Review with Robert Fredona and Sophus A.Reinert’s article on Quinn Slobodian’s capitalism! Head over to cambridge.org/core/journals/… for free access until February 1st, 2025 #Twitterstorians #HistoryHighlights