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A Conversation About “Data Ecology”

Discussion

A Conversation About “Data Ecology”

How can we ensure that data remains a productive and legitimate instrument of human flourishing?

Data is an indispensable resource for virtually all private enterprise and public governance. And its importance will only grow with the dramatic expansion of AI. But data is not an organic material. It does not simply exist. It must be affirmatively produced, stored, moved, aggregated, mined, and deployed. Given data’s value and its risks, however, we know far less than we should about how to design coherent and continuous technical, legal, social, and economic systems that can shape data’s uses to our desired ends—that can render data a productive and legitimate instrument of human flourishing. We lack, in short, a vocabulary for conceptualizing data’s ecosystem and how to control it.

This talk, presented by the Government Data Markets project at the Neubauer Collegium, will begin with a preliminary framework for “data ecology”—a way of thinking about data that can speak across fields—and conclude with a multi-disciplinary conversation about pathways for future research.

Speakers:
Bridget Fahey
(Assistant Professor of Law, University of Chicago)

Raul Castro Fernandez (Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Chicago)

Moderated by Michael Franklin (Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Computer Science, University of Chicago)

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J. W. Mason on Keynes, Carbon, and Socialism

Lecture

J. W. Mason on Keynes, Carbon, and Socialism

This series of talks aims to foster a deeper understanding of various theoretical stances on economic planning.

State intervention into the economy is back on the political agenda. What might economic planning look like in the 21st century? What is the appropriate balance between democratic, technocratic, and market power in shaping economic life and responding to social and political challenges? Could economic planning help solve some of our most pressing problems, including global warming, economic stagnation, and the crisis of care? Or would a turn to planning today merely repeat the errors and tragedies of the 20th century?

This series of talks, sponsored by the Economic Planning and Democratic Politics research project at the Neubauer Collegium, aims to foster a deeper understanding of various theoretical stances on economic planning. Our speakers will draw on insights from Austrian economics, neoclassical economics, Keynesian, and democratic socialist perspectives.

About the Speaker

J. W. Mason is Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College, City University of New York. He helped establish the college’s master’s program, one of a handful of graduate programs in the country focused on the heterodox tradition in economics. His scholarly work focuses on macroeconomic policy, finance, and economic history. His writing has appeared in a wide variety of scholarly, business, and general-interest publications, including a monthly column for Barron’s. He is the author, with Arjun Jayadev, of Money and Things, forthcoming from the University of Chicago Press.

Other Events in the Series

Peter J. Boettke on the Austrian Perspective

Fikret Adaman and Pat Devine on Participatory Democratic Eco-Socialist Planning

Suresh Naidu on the Evidence-Based Policy Path to Socialism

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Fikret Adaman and Pat Devine on Participatory Democratic Eco-Socialist Planning

Lecture

Fikret Adaman and Pat Devine on Participatory Democratic Eco-Socialist Planning

This series of talks aims to foster a deeper understanding of various theoretical stances on economic planning.

State intervention into the economy is back on the political agenda. What might economic planning look like in the 21st century? What is the appropriate balance between democratic, technocratic, and market power in shaping economic life and responding to social and political challenges? Could economic planning help solve some of our most pressing problems, including global warming, economic stagnation, and the crisis of care? Or would a turn to planning today merely repeat the errors and tragedies of the 20th century?

This series of talks, sponsored by the Economic Planning and Democratic Politics research project at the Neubauer Collegium, aims to foster a deeper understanding of various theoretical stances on economic planning. Our speakers will draw on insights from Austrian economics, neoclassical economics, Keynesian, and democratic socialist perspectives.

About the Speakers

Fikret Adaman is a Professor of Economics at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. With a focus on socio-economic issues, his research spans income inequality, social policy, and ecological economics. Adaman has published extensively on the economic calculation debate with Pat Devine, advocating for a democratic socialist organization of the economy.

Pat Devine is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Manchester. His academic career spans decades and encompasses significant contributions to the field of political economy. Devine is renowned for his work on socialist economics and participatory planning, advocating for an alternative economic model that prioritizes democratic decision-making. His research covers topics such as market socialism, cooperative economics, and the critique of capitalist systems.

Other Events in the Series

Peter J. Boettke on the Austrian Perspective

J. W. Mason on Keynes, Carbon, and Socialism

Suresh Naidu on the Evidence-Based Policy Path to Socialism

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Suresh Naidu on the Evidence-Based Policy Path to Socialism

Lecture

Suresh Naidu on the Evidence-Based Policy Path to Socialism

This series of talks aims to foster a deeper understanding of various theoretical stances on economic planning.

State intervention into the economy is back on the political agenda. What might economic planning look like in the 21st century? What is the appropriate balance between democratic, technocratic, and market power in shaping economic life and responding to social and political challenges? Could economic planning help solve some of our most pressing problems, including global warming, economic stagnation, and the crisis of care? Or would a turn to planning today merely repeat the errors and tragedies of the 20th century?

This series of talks, sponsored by the Economic Planning and Democratic Politics research project at the Neubauer Collegium, aims to foster a deeper understanding of various theoretical stances on economic planning. Our speakers will draw on insights from Austrian economics, neoclassical economics, Keynesian, and democratic socialist perspectives.

About the Speaker

Suresh Naidu is Jack Wang and Echo Ren Professor of Economics and Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He works on political economy and historical labor markets. Naidu is interested in the economic effects of democracy and non-democracy, monopsony in labor markets, the economics of American slavery, guest worker migration, and labor unions and labor organizing.

Other Events in the Series

Peter J. Boettke on the Austrian Perspective

J. W. Mason on Keynes, Carbon, and Socialism

Fikret Adaman and Pat Devine on Participatory Democratic Eco-Socialist Planning

Neubauer Collegium