Center for Popular Economics

Applications for the Summer Institute 2026 "Challenging Capitalism in Troubled Times and Building Collective Futures" are now open! Limited scholarships for travel cost available!

Apply here www.popularecon.org by May 25th!

*Applications open!* https://forms.gle/ja7h9Cvr4zMfNNNW6

CPE Summer Institute 2025 (July 17-20): *Economics for Emancipation and Liberation.*
A four-day in-person workshop at Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.

We kindly invite you all to participate in the Center for Popular Economics (CPE) Summer Institute 2025 “Economics for Emancipation and Liberation,” which will take place from July 17th to July 20th at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.

The CPE Summer Institute is designed to address the movement’s economics knowledge gaps and counter the conservative myths at the heart of mainstream economics. This year’s Summer Institute will cover the basics of radical economics; systems of oppression including capitalism, racism and patriarchy; progressive reforms and post-capitalist experiments; the history of social movements, strategies for organizing, and building dual power.

Thanks to CPE’s grant funding, we are able to offer the Summer Institute on a sliding cost scale/pay-what-you-can model. This means that if someone interested can not afford the full ticket price, they can let us know what price works best for them. The minimum registration fee to secure a spot is $15, and the deadline to apply is May 31st using this application form.
https://forms.gle/ja7h9Cvr4zMfNNNW6
For more detailed information, check out our event website.

https://sites.google.com/view/cpesummerinstitute2025/home?authuser=1

We are excited to announce the first in-person Summer Institute since the beginning of the pandemic at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts from August 12th to 16t! In addition to our standard curriculum, this year’s Summer Institute will focus especially on settler colonialism, imperialism, and other questions most relevant to the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

More information about the institute is available at this link — https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pKzivauPp5OIZwWbOXHdPL-owwC2oZbvJlLkcs6Zf9s/edit?usp=sharing

Registration is due July 27, and is available at this link — https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOiXAGguPl_UEsMHqFU2bYjGmwwDfYiwzz7Zt_jvmYKw0-_g/viewform?usp=sf_link

This year’s Summer Institute is in a commuter format and does not including housing. If travel or transportation is necessary, we can help to make arrangements. If you have questions, please email us at [email protected].

Solidarity!

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The Center for Popular Economics is a collective of radical economists who have launched a new YouTube channel with the aim of popularizing Marxian political economy. Here is our latest video, where we film our reaction to one of PragerU's most popular videos, "Capitalism v. Socialism." In the video, we grab a beer, have some laughs, and go line-by-line through the video to discuss our response to the ideas being promoted in the video, such as the belief that capitalism = freedom and socialism = dictatorship.

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CPE is a collective of political economists. Our newly formed creative committee is getting active on YouTube. Check out this introduction video featuring footage of some of our founders and look out for more:

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Today at 7 PM ET with CPE member Francisco Perez and other incredible Caribbean organizers working on Abolitionist Futures: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8s9J7K0gTqiflxaFzsJnjQ?fbclid=IwAR1uSfLcDLxWEGdeQ47JeRw3Z1RnNq8JYgeRyIriBGFivmmCj2oEhRLmXJQ

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Abolitionist Praxis: Bringing our Imagination to Life. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join us on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 4pm PST for Abolitionist Praxis: Bringing our Imagination to Life, a conversation with Caribbean Organizers presented by (F)Empower, the Fall 2020 UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy Virtual Residents. Featured speakers: Ruth Jeannoel, Founder an...