Speaker Series How Elites Capture Democracies
- May 21, 2025
Join the Stigler Center and the for a conversation with Natasha Piano (University of California, Los Angeles) on her new book, , moderated by Chicago Booth’s Luigi Zingales.
Voters globally are thoroughly disillusioned by the representatives they vote into office. Instead of producing responsive governments, elections suffer from capture from crony capitalist plutocrats and are besieged by populist demagogues. Are our elections simply broken, or have we misunderstood something critical about making democracy work for the public? Together, our speakers will explore the origins of popular discontent with political elites, the limits of elections, and the promise of democracy beyond the ballot.
, Assistant Professor of Political Theory, University of California – Los Angeles
Luigi Zingales, (moderator), Robert C. McCormack Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance and George G. Rinder Faculty Fellow, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Date: Wednesday, May 21, 12 - 1 p.m. CT
In-person location: Harper Center C25 – 5807 S. Woodlawn Ave, Chicago IL 60637