MoAF/Fordham Financial Issues Forum (Virtual)

Join us for a talk with Tulane professor Rob Lalka on his latest book, The Venture Alchemists: How Big Tech Turned Profits Into Power. In his book, Lalka demystifies how tech entrepreneurs built empires that made trillions while also shattering our faith, as they are now blamed for spreading lies, breaking laws and causing chaos. Using leaked documents and previously unpublished archival material, Lalka takes readers inside Big Tech’s worst exploitations and abuses, alongside many good intentions and moral compromises.

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MoAF/Fordham Financial Issues Forum (Virtual)

The shocks and crises of recent years—pandemic, recession, inflation, war—have forced executives and investors to recognize that the macroeconomy is now a risk to be actively managed. Yet unreliable forecasting, pervasive doomsaying and whipsawing data severely hamper the task of decoding the landscape. In their perspective-shifting book, BCG Chief Economist Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Senior Economist Paul Swartz provide a fresh and accessible way to assess macroeconomic risk, and a corrective to prevailing thinking and practice.

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MoAF/Fordham Financial Issues Forum (Virtual)

Many books have been written about scientist and entrepreneur J. Doyne Farmer and his work, but Making Sense of Chaos is the first in his own words. It presents a manifesto for how to do economics better. In this tale of science and ideas, Farmer fuses his profound knowledge and expertise with stories from his life to explain how we can bring a scientific revolution to bear on the economic conundrums facing society.

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Walking Tour

Relive the Great Crash of 1929 on the Museum's annual crash-themed walking tour of Lower Manhattan. This unique walking tour is the only regularly scheduled event commemorating the Great Crash of 1929, the Panic of 1907 and the 1987 stock market collapse. It also delves into the political, financial, real estate and architectural history of Wall Street and New York City.

Tour meets outside the Alexander Hamilton US Custom House (One Bowling Green, NYC). $15 per person; MoAF members receive one free walking tour per year. Register today.

MoAF/Fordham Financial Issues Forum (Virtual)

Join us for a lunchtime talk with award-winning historian and Vassar College professor Paulina Bren, as she discusses her latest book. In She-Wolves, Bren tells the story of the first generations of women who fought their way into the bad-boy culture and lavish opulence of the finance world. Starting at a time when “No Ladies” signs hung across the doors of Wall Street’s clubs and unapologetic sexism and racism were the norm at top firms, Bren chronicles the remarkable women who demanded a seat at the table.

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