Mitchell Lecture on Variegated Capitalism - Nov. 9, 2018

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Join us at the Fall 2018 James McCormick Mitchell Lecture
Tempered Power, Variegated Capitalism, Law and Society

Friday, November 9, 2018
2 p.m.
Charles B. Sears Law Library, O'Brian Hall

Today different kinds of capitalisms operate within one set of borders, and global connections exist among them. Liberal capitalisms take advantage of the absence of environmental and labor protections in authoritarian capitalist societies for factory production. Non-authoritarian capitalisms exploit internal authoritarian capitalisms particularly in their service sectors, as in the exploitation of illegal immigrants and human trafficking of sex workers. The challenge of tempering power in a world of “variegated capitalisms” is the topic of the Fall 2018 Mitchell Lecture, the law school's signature lecture series.

Featuring:
John B. Braithwaite
Distinguished Professor, Australian National University

“John Braithwaite is one of the world’s greatest scholars of regulation and governance. For 40 years he has consistently led the way in understanding and improving how societies channel behavior toward the broader public good. In this path-breaking presentation, he will address the challenges of doing so in a world of “variegated capitalism” — i.e., one in which the fundamental economic structures to be dealt with vary greatly among sectors and fields, both within and among societies. I am confident he will do so in clear, accessible language that will also be a feast of rich, fruitful ideas.” - Prof. Errol Meidinger, Director of the Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy.

Free and open to all. Reception to follow the lecture.