On November 8, 2025 over 90 participants and presenters joined us for the sixth workshop in APPEAL’s student-centered series Heterodox Economics Meets Law and Political Economy, at John Jay College in New York City. Collaboratively organized with student groups and faculty from several schools, the workshop exemplifies LPE Collective’s commitment to creating intellectual spaces that encourage dialogue and community across disciplines.
This workshop’s theme, Reclaiming Democracy, featured keynote talks by Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout and Princeton Sociology scholar Kimberly Kracman illuminating seemingly technical economic topics — antitrust and accounting — as fundamental to questions of democracy and power.
A Methodology Roundtable, led by Economics Professor Jamee Moudud, brought together Economics Professor and Roosevelt Institute Fellow Michelle Holder along with Doctoral Students Jonah Wolf, Jessica Forden, and Reshard Kolabhai. Questions discussed included the scope of progressive policies in hard times and the relationship between law, economy, and culture.
The workshop also highlighted student scholarship with small group discussions of 9 student presentations on a range of topics, including digital monopoly capitalism, U.S. outsourcing practices, political cooperatives, and the political economy of colonial-capitalist formality.