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Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800

The Price of Democracy: How Money Shapes Politics and What to Do About It

March 5, 2020
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
With the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States
Julia Cagé
Speaker
Julia Cagé
Assistant Professor of Economics, Sciences Po Paris
Lawrence Lessig
Discussant
Lawrence Lessig
Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School

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Peter A. Hall
Peter A. Hall
Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
 
March 5, 2020
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall

**A book sale will start at 3:30 pm. The sale is organized by the Harvard Coop.**

Julia Cagé will discuss her book The Price of Democracy: How Money Shapes Politics and What to Do About It. (Harvard University Press, 2020).

The book explores question, including why and how systems of political financing and representation in Europe and North America give outsized influence to the wealthy; how these undermine democracy; and what societies can do about it.

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