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Join the Museum of the City of New York and the Museum of American Finance to celebrate the release of MCNY's publication, Capital of Capital: Money, Banking, and Power in New York City, 1784-2012 (Columbia University Press, May 2014), the first book to encompass the over 200 years of history surrounding Gotham’s banking sector.
Adam Davidson, co-founder and co-host of NPR’s Planet Money, leads a panel of financial experts and historians including Julia Ott, Assistant Professor of History at the New School and author of When Wall Street Met Main Street: The Quest for an Investors’ Democracy (Harvard University Press, 2011), and Youssef Cassis, Professor of Economic History at the European University Institute and author of Capital of Capitals: The Rise and Fall of International Financial Centres 1780-2009 (Cambridge University Press, 2010), in a conversation about whether New York City remains the foremost capital of global finance.
General admission $16; MoAF members and friends $10 with discount code COC21. Purchase your tickets online or by calling 917-492-3395.