An air of upheaval has captured the West. From Covid-19 to climate change, from the financial crash to economic injustice, a series of never-ending crises has cast a growing shadow on a pillar of our liberal societies: the free market. Some consider the market an untamable mechanism that drives divisive disparities in its dogmatic pursuit of efficiency. Others commend its innovative capacity to foster autonomy and prosperity. At a time when policy-makers are torn between past ideologies and a paralysing status quo, how should we redefine the market's role as a mode of socio-economic organisation? Should the logic of free exchange be constrained, even replaced by a new political project? Or might we harness the virtues of the market in smart policies that tackle the challenges of our age?

Join us in this discourse with Prof. Dr. Hartmut Rosa and Dr. David V. Axelsen