Capitalism: For and Against

Carl Wennerlind

4 sessions: May 12, 19, and June 2, 16

Online on Zoom, 6 - 7:30 PM (ET)

Cost: $500

Each meeting features a prominent proponent and a prominent critic of capitalism. This reading group will focus on exploring the best arguments for and best arguments against capitalism. Iconic figures, including Thomas More, Bernard Mandeville, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, David Hume, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Milton Friedman, and Herbert Marcuse, will be featured. 

What’s Past Is Prologue

Margaret Vandenburg

Mondays, April 14 and May 5, 12, 19

Online on Zoom, 7 - 8 PM (ET)

Cost: $320

Culture wars have reached a fever pitch, posing “an existential threat to democracy,” according to Americans across the political spectrum. If past is prologue, historical fiction might help us diagnose the disease and nurse the nation back to health. 

*This class has reached its maximum enrollment.