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SUMMARY:Monica Prasad: Keynote Lecture on Money in US Politics
DESCRIPTION:"Running to Stay in Place: Money in American Politics" was the 
 title  of Prof. Prasad's lecture. Prasad's research focus has been on the 
 rise  of neoliberalism\, the development of tax systems\, the effects of c
 arbon  taxes\, and the persistence of poverty in America. She used some of
  her  findings explaining how wealth affects politics in the United States
 . \\r\\nMonica Prasad [http://www.sociology.northwestern.edu/people/facult
 y/core/monica-prasad.html] is a Professor of Sociology at Northwestern Uni
 versity [http://www.northwestern.edu/].  Her most recent book\, "The Land 
 of Too Much"\, was the 2014 co-winner of  the American Sociological Associ
 ation's award for the best book in  sociology. She also published "The Pol
 itics of Free Markets: The Rise of  Neoliberal Economic Policies in Britai
 n\, France\, Germany\, and the  United States" (2006) and "The New Fiscal 
 Sociology Taxation in  Comparative and Historical Perspective" (2009). She
  was named a  Guggenheim Fellow in 2015. \\r\\nThe lecture "Running to Sta
 y in Place: Money in American Politics"  took place on Friday\, December 2
 \, at the Kollegiengebäude\, HS 117\,  Petersplatz 1 in Basel. It was par
 t of the international symposium  "Global Histories of Taxation and State 
 Finances Since the Late 19th  Century"\, the conference of the Laureate of
  the 2016 International  Research Award in Global History.
X-ALT-DESC:&quot\;Running to Stay in Place: Money in American Politics&quot
 \; was the title  of Prof. Prasad's lecture. Prasad's research focus has b
 een on the rise  of neoliberalism\, the development of tax systems\, the e
 ffects of carbon  taxes\, and the persistence of poverty in America. She u
 sed some of her  findings explaining how wealth affects politics in the Un
 ited States. \n<a class="external-link-new-window" title="Monica Prasad" h
 ref="http://www.sociology.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/core/monica-pras
 ad.html">Monica Prasad</a> is a Professor of Sociology at <a class="extern
 al-link-new-window" title="Northwestern University" href="http://www.north
 western.edu/">Northwestern University</a>.  Her most recent book\, &quot\;
 The Land of Too Much&quot\;\, was the 2014 co-winner of  the American Soci
 ological Association's award for the best book in  sociology. She also pub
 lished &quot\;The Politics of Free Markets: The Rise of  Neoliberal Econom
 ic Policies in Britain\, France\, Germany\, and the  United States&quot\; 
 (2006) and &quot\;The New Fiscal Sociology Taxation in  Comparative and Hi
 storical Perspective&quot\; (2009). She was named a  Guggenheim Fellow in 
 2015. \nThe lecture &quot\;Running to Stay in Place: Money in American Pol
 itics&quot\;  took place on Friday\, December 2\, at the Kollegiengebäude
 \, HS 117\,  Petersplatz 1 in Basel. It was part of the international symp
 osium  &quot\;Global Histories of Taxation and State Finances Since the La
 te 19th  Century&quot\;\, the conference of the Laureate of the 2016 Inter
 national  Research Award in Global History.  
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