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Economist Pavlina Tcherneva Speaks About Labor Market for Marketplace 

L-R: Daniel Wortel-London and the cover of his book The Menace of Prosperity.

Professor Daniel Wortel-London Interviewed in Phenomenal World

Wortel-London also discussed his book The Menace of Prosperity, about economic history in nineteenth century New York.
Nicole Meselsohn ’26 Named 2025–26 Newman Civic Fellow

Nicole Meselsohn ’26 Named 2025–26 Newman Civic Fellow

Meselsohn, a psychology major, leads Young Leaders: Women in Fire, a series of hands-on and presentation based workshops and training to show young girls in middle and high school that there is a place for them in the fire service.

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January 2020

01-01-2020
Bard’s Emma Briant: Fresh Cambridge Analytica Leak Shows Global Voter Manipulation Is “Out of Control”
Emma Briant, visiting research associate in human rights at Bard, comments that what has been revealed so far in the new Cambridge Analytica leak is “the tip of the iceberg.... The documents reveal a much clearer idea of what actually happened in the 2016 US presidential election, which has a huge bearing on what will happen in 2020. It’s the same people involved who we know are building on these same techniques,” she said. “There’s evidence of really quite disturbing experiments on American voters, manipulating them with fear-based messaging, targeting the most vulnerable, that seems to be continuing. This is an entire global industry that’s out of control.” 

The leak began on New Year’s Day, and more than 100,000 documents are set to be released in the coming months, revealing the defunct company’s work in 68 countries. Emma Briant specializes in the topics of propaganda and political communication, and is interested in changing technologies and their implications for democracy, international security, migration, inequality, and human rights. She is currently writing a book on Cambridge Analytica, Propaganda Machine: The Hidden Story of Cambridge Analytica and the Digital Influence Industry. This semester, Dr. Briant is teaching Migration and Media and Propaganda: Dark Arts at Bard College.
Full Story in the Guardian
More on Dr. Briant's Website
Photo: Emma Briant, Visiting Research Associate in Human Rights at Bard College
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Human Rights | Institutes(s): Human Rights Project |
01-01-2020
Bard Economist L. Randall Wray on America’s Decade-long Shift from Tea Party to Modern Monetary Theory
Wray, a senior scholar at the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College and a leading thinker in Modern Monetary Theory, recently testified before the House Budget Committee in a hearing reexamining the economic costs of debt. (As a reminder, MMT argues that sovereign governments with their own currency can’t go broke and can spend until inflation becomes an issue.) He told lawmakers this: “We do not have to repay the debt—what we have to do is make the interest payments.” If there were one sentence that captured the drastic change in economic thought over the past decade, writes Bloomberg columnist Brian Chappatta, “that might just be it.”
Full story at Bloomberg

Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Economics Program | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Levy Economics Institute |
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