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SUMMARY:The Solidarity Economy: Nonprofits and the Making of Neoliberalism
  after Empire - Tehila Sasson (University of Oxford) 
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CONTACT:Dr AM Price
DESCRIPTION:After India gained independence in 1947\, Britain reinvented i
 ts role in the global economy through nongovernmental aid organizations. U
 tilizing existing imperial networks and colonial bureaucracy\, the nonprof
 it sector sought an ethical capitalism\, one that would equalize relations
 hips between British consumers and Third World producers as the age of emp
 ire was ending. This talk examines the role of nonstate actors in the majo
 r transformations of the world economy in the postwar era\, showing how Br
 itish NGOs charted a path to neoliberalism in their pursuit of ethical mar
 kets. It follows how nonprofits sought to establish an alternative to Keyn
 esianism through their welfare and development programs. Encouraging the f
 air trade of commodities and goods through microfinance\, consumer boycott
 s\, and corporate social responsibility\, these programs emphasized decent
 ralization\, privatization\, and entrepreneurship. These activists reimagi
 ned the marketplace as a workshop for global reform.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 3\, Cripps Court\, Magdalene College
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