HOW CRONY CAPITALISM IS FEEDING POPULISM
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HOW CRONY CAPITALISM IS FEEDING POPULISM
Seminar

2017-11-17 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
https://www.hgsss.org/how-crony-capitalism-is-feeding-populism/
Henry George School of Social Science
Phone:(212) 889-8020
Website:https://www.hgsss.org/
Address: 149 East 38th Street, New York, NY 10016

Politics on both sides of the Atlantic have been jolted by a populist surge widely portrayed as a protest against economic globalization and mass immigration.

In this seminar, former US diplomat and investment banker Edward Harrison will spotlight a neglected wellspring of the populist grievances sweeping the United States and Europe — crony capitalism masquerading as a traditional free market.

Location: Henry George School of Social Science, 149 East 38th Street (Between Lexington & 3rd Avenue) New York, NY 10016
Time: 11:00am to 12:30pm
Date: Saturday, November 4, 2017

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