March 5, 2013
by Annelise Riles
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The Changing Politics of Central Banking

Last weekend we convened a quite exciting conference on “The Changing Politics of Central Banks” sponsored by the Cornell International Law Journal (symposium website). The focus on central banks as political actors is clearly timely given the growing awareness of the … 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

January 9, 2012
by Annelise Riles
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Broadening the field of financial regulation

This morning I participated in a fantastic panel at the American Association of Law Schools organized by Anna Gelpern and Eric Gerding on the state of legal scholarship about financial institutions. The question the organizers asked is, what is the … Continue reading