A.I. and the Crisis of Capitalism: A Historical Approach

This public talk will be centered on John Cassidy's 2025 book, Capitalism and Its Critics, which provides a helpful framework for periods of economic disruption—like the one that AI seems likely to usher in.

John Cassidy has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1995. He writes a regular column about economics and politics, "The Financial Page." Over the years, he has also written many longer articles for the magazine, covering subjects ranging from the middle-class squeeze to Karl Marx and globalization to the economics of Hollywood. Before his latest book, he had published How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities (2009) and Dot.Con: How America Lost Its Mind and Money in the Internet Era (2003). Cassidy grew up in Leeds and has degrees from Oxford University, Columbia University, and New York University. He lives in Brooklyn with his family.

This public lecture is made possible by the Dr. S. T. Lee Fund for Historical Studies.