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• DEATH OF THE LIBERAL CLASS
  Best-selling author Chris Hedges talks about his acclaimed book in the Cooper Union Rose Auditorium
  May 25, 2011, 6:30 pm
  The event is free and open to the public
  
  Cooper Union, Rose Auditorium, 41 Cooper Square (entrance on 7th St. at 3rd Ave.), NYC 10003. Subways: Astor Place (6), 8th Street (N, R)

  In Death of the Liberal Class, best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges examines the demise of classical liberalism in our society at Cooper Union, Rose Auditorium. He will outline the vital role of the liberal class in a democracy, talk about its failure to sustain itself in the face of the increasingly powerful corporate state, and bring forth the dire consequences of an empty and corrupt liberalism. “In a traditional democracy,” Hedges explains, “the liberal class functions as a safety valve. It makes piecemeal and incremental reform possible. It offers hope for change and proposes gradual steps toward greater equality. It endows the state and the mechanisms of power with virtue. It also serves as an attack dog that discredits radical social movements.”

  Chris Hedges has reported from more than 50 countries and has worked for The Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, The Dallas Morning News and The New York Times, for which he was a foreign correspondent for 15 years. Hedges was part of the team of reporters at The New York Times awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for the paper’s coverage of global terrorism.
  For more information: 212-353-4195, www.cooper.edu

• AGE OF GREED: Author’s Talk with Jeff Madrick
  A lecture and book signing by noted economist Jeff Madrick
  June 2, 2011, 6:30 pm
  The event is free and open to the public
  
  Cooper Union, Rose Auditorium, 41 Cooper Square (entrance on 7th St. at 3rd Ave.), NYC 10003. Subways: Astor Place (6), 8th Street (N, R)

   “Greed will always be with us,” writes Jeff Madrick, “but it rises and falls with the times.” In AGE OF GREED: The Triumph of Finance and the Decline of America, Madrick brings a narrative history of how greed bred America’s economic ills over the past forty years—and in so doing tells us how we got to the crisis of 2008 and to the perilous situation we now face. At Cooper Union, he will talk about the impact of the 1970s—a decade of punishingly high inflation and unemployment. Madrick will also address how taxes and economic policies contributed to the nation’s ills. A 50-year-old, free-market economic theory was resurrected to justify weakening or eliminating government regulation and social programs. Businesses organized aggressive, well-financed lobbying efforts to support such views. The single-minded pursuit and justification of self-interest has risen to levels of increasing destructiveness. AGE OF GREED is a history of this era, told through the lives of the individuals most responsible for it.

  Jeff Madrick, a professor of economics at Cooper Union, faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, is a contributor to the New York Review of Books and a former economics columnist at the New York Times. His previous books include The End of Affluence and Taking America, and he has written for The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Institutional Investor, The Nation, and The American Prospect.

• Educating Students To Lead In A Global Context
  Monday, October 17, 2011 at 1:00 pm
  Free and open to the public
  
  The Cooper Union – The Great Hall
  7 East 7th Street bet. 3rd and 4th Avenues
  New York, NY 10003

  A Pre-Inaugural Colloquium Featuring Fareed Zakaria
  CNN Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS ▪Editor-at-Large, Time Magazine

  In an increasing global society, how do we build a foundation to sustain freedom and preserve democratic values? What are the challenges and opportunities of educating citizens and future leaders to take their place in the world community? An impressive panel of thought leaders will examine the role of education in this country at a Pre-Inaugural Colloquium marking the installation of Cooper Union’s 12th President, Dr. Jamshed Bharucha, with keynote speaker Fareed Zakaria of CNN, TIME and The Washington Post on Monday, October 17 at 1 PM in The Great Hall (7 East 7th Street, NY, NY 10003). Moderated by Vikas Kapoor, President and CEO, iQor and Trustee, The Cooper Union, the discussion will also feature Vali Nasr, Professor of International Politics, Tufts University and Atina Grossmann, Professor of History, The Cooper Union.

  The academic exercise creates a timely arena, where the noted scholars and thinkers engage in an important and critically relevant exchange of ideas for change that can work and be implemented. Fareed Zakaria will join the panel on the global issues at hand and will stimulate a discussion drawing on the underlying theme to provide an interdisciplinary education as a foundation for maintaining democracy and freedom.

  This event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit http://cooper.edu/inauguration, call 212.353.4174
  or email Inauguration@cooper.edu.

• Film Screening: Bad Posture (2011)
  Saturday, November 12, 2011
  Film: 6:00 - 7:30 pm/Q&A: 7:30 - 8:30 pm
  Director Malcolm Murray describes his film “Bad Posture” as “a coming of age romance where no one comes of age and the romance is doomed from the start.” The real star of the film is the city of Albuquerque, whose western landscapes provide a stunning backdrop for this tale of aimless friends whose lives are disrupted when one of them falls in love. The 90-minute film screens at 6 PM, followed by a Q&A.

  The Rose Auditorium -The Cooper Union, 41 Cooper Square (entrance on 7th St at 3rd Ave), NYC, 10003 Subways: Astor Place (6), 8th Street (N, R)
  Cost: Free
  Info: 212-353-4195; cooper.edu; events@cooper.edu