{"id":39,"date":"2022-02-28T15:11:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T15:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classes.codeatlang.com\/disaster-media\/2023-spring\/?p=39"},"modified":"2023-03-02T21:50:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T21:50:47","slug":"week-6-never-let-a-good-crisis-go-to-waste-the-neoliberal-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classes.codeatlang.com\/disaster-media\/2023-spring\/02\/28\/week-6-never-let-a-good-crisis-go-to-waste-the-neoliberal-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 6. \u201cNever let a good crisis go to waste\u201d: The neoliberal disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Slide presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022\u00a0Tuesday, February 28 [PDF]<\/a>
\u2022\u00a0Thursday, March 2 [PDF]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Readings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine<\/a><\/em> (2007), Let’s talk about the introduction (“Blank is beautiful”), and the Roy text below. If you have time & interest, also take a look at the conclusion (“Shock wears off”)
\u2022 Arundhati Roy, \u201cThe pandemic is a portal\u201d<\/a>, Financial Times<\/em>, April 2020. (Note:<\/mark> For context please take a look at the date when this was written.)
\u2022 (Optional.) Kenneth Saltman, Capitalizing on Disaster: Taking and Breaking Public Schools<\/a><\/em>, 2007. We’ll have our hands full with the above two, and Klein already talks a bit about public schools (specifically in the aftermath of Katrina), but this text by Saltman goes deeper into how market forces are attempting to reshape public education in America. If anyone ends up wanting to do something about public education for their group’s final project, this could be a good resource to come back to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recording of my interview with Charles Hargrove<\/a>, President of NYC-ARECS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Update<\/mark>: Dr Mordecai was not able to join us today after all, so we’ll try to find another time for him in our semester, and we may also take a look at the website and materials of the RiskEcon\u00ae Lab.<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. David K.A. Mordecai, Co-founders of RiskEcon\u00ae Lab, at NYU\u2019s Courant Institute <\/a>of Mathematical Sciences. (Dr. Mordecai’s co-founder & partner Dr. Samantha Kappagoda will be unable to join us.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Mordecai’s research centers around using advanced mathematics to develop techniques for financial industry to manage risk, for example as it relates to insurance and various other types of investments. You can see a few representative scholarly papers here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n