Capitalism’s voracious appetite is devouring democracy, care, and the planet. In the wake of the perfect storm that is COVID, how can we stop it from cannibalizing our whole world?

Meet our speaker and chair

Nancy Fraser is Professor of Politics and Philosophy at the New School for Social Research and a member of editorial committee of New Left Review. She has received numerous honours and her works have been translated into 24 languages. Her latest books are Feminism for the 99% (co-authored); The Old is Dying; and her forthcoming Cannibal Capitalism.

Robin Archer is the Director of the postgraduate programme in political sociology and the Director of the Ralph Miliband Programme at LSE.

More about this event

The Ralph Miliband Programme (@rmilibandlse) is one of LSE's most prestigious lecture series and seeks to advance Ralph Miliband's spirit of free social inquiry.

This event forms part of LSE’s Shaping the Post-COVID World initiative, a series imagining what the world could look like after the crisis, and how we get there.

Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEPostCOVID

Podcast & Video

A podcast of this event is available to download from Cannibal Capitalism.

A video of this event is available to watch at Cannibal Capitalism.

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