Mileiconomics: Beating Inflation in an Illiberal Economy
April 28th | 3:00pm | Coble Hall, Room 306
Join Prof. Sarah Muir as she delves into the pragmatics of illiberal investment, exploring how people build and safeguard economic value when traditional financial institutions fail. Drawing from long-term ethnographic research in Buenos Aires, this talk will offer critical insights into the intersection of finance, politics, and the rise of figures like Milei.
About the Speaker
Sarah Muir is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Programs at City College and of Anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center. She is also the Director of the International and Global Studies Program at City College. Her research, situated at the intersection of linguistic, political-economic, and historical anthropology, examines issues of obligation, evaluation, and financial ethics. She is the author of Routine Crisis: An Ethnography of Disillusion (University of Chicago Press, 2021) and is currently working on a project that explores how people navigate monetary uncertainty.