Can Democracy Tame Twentieth-Century Capitalism?
Steven Klein on the thought of Karl Polanyi and the democratic transformation of the capitalist economy.
Fellow Spotlight: Tatyana Gershkovich
Tantyana Gershkovich focuses on Tolstoy's legacy among Russian émigrés in Berlin as they struggled for community.
Fellow Spotlight: Marco Abel
Marco Able is working on a history of lesser-known political cinema of the German Left.
Fellow Spotlight: Laura D’Andrea Tyson
Laura D’Andrea Tyson asks what the United States can learn from Germany in coping with the automation of work.
Fellow Spotlight: Steven Klein
Steven Klein asks how contemporary democracy is being affected by both public and private debt.
These Truths: A History of the United States, with Jill Lepore
Historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore offers a history of the United States through poignant images and entertaining anecdotes.
Fellow Spotlight: Daniel Ziblatt
Daniel Ziblatt argues why having strong center-right parties is important to democracy.
Preserving Economic Dynamism in the Face of Political, Social, and Monetary Pressures
What steps can we take to preserve economic dynamism in the face of numerous political, social, and monetary pressures? In this year’s Stephen M. Kellen Lecture, Deutsche Bank CFO James von Moltke examines contemporary economic headwinds and the levers that policymakers, business leaders, and the financial industry can use to counteract them.
Fellow Spotlight: Azade Seyhan
Azade Seyhan examines the historical conditions that necessitate the preservation of intellectual heritages through transport and translation.
New Migration Challenges for the United States and Europe
Roberto Suro discusses the social and political challenges recent immigration poses to polities in the United States and Germany.