March 5, 2014
by ar254@cornell.edu
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From Comparison to Collaboration: New Directions in the Ethnography of Law

A week ago, I gave a keynote lecture at a conference organized by anthropology graduate student at Princeton, Temple, and the University of Pennsylvania. I spoke about Meridian 180, a transnational, nonpartisan community of exceptional Pacific Rim intellectuals dedicated to … Continue reading

May 16, 2012
by Annelise Riles
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Is this capitalism? If not, then what is it?

This post was originally published as part of a “Theorizing the Contemporary – Finance”  forum on the Cultural Anthropology website.   “Business Leaders of Today are Not Capitalists,” shouted the Financial Times headline several weeks ago. The article went on to … Continue reading

May 1, 2011
by Annelise Riles
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How can we better harness the insights of different disciplines to address market reform?

Last week we convened another meeting of our working group of economists, anthropologists, lawyers, psychologists and policy makers interested in how our disciplines could work together in new ways to solve market problems.  It is a very smart, high-powered group … Continue reading

February 22, 2011
by Annelise Riles
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When Companies are Households

The scandal pages coming out of Hong Kong this month are full of intrigue about disputes among family members and various other possible “significant others” over the estate of tycoon Stanley Ho.  The Financial Times’ story on all this basically … Continue reading

January 7, 2011
by Annelise Riles
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Building a Culture of Compliance

(This entry was originally posted on Jan. 7, 2011 on the Credit Slips website) I was scheduled to speak at the AALS Financial Institutions breakfast this morning, but due to flight cancellations I was unfortunately unable to attend. I’m posting … Continue reading

January 5, 2011
by Annelise Riles
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What Can We Learn from Wikileaks About Market Regulation–or, Is Transparency Always a Good Thing?

(This entry was originally posted on Jan. 5, 2011 on the Credit Slips website) In the wake of the Wikileaks debacle, we have started to see some conversation in the editorial pages about whether transparency is always a good thing … Continue reading

November 21, 2010
by Annelise Riles
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When is a silo mentality a problem in financial markets?

Yesterday at the American Anthropological Association’s annual meeting I went to hear Gillian Tett, a journalist for the Financial Times, talk about how her own training in anthropology (like me, she holds a doctorate from Cambridge) had shaped her reporting … Continue reading