Conversations on New Histories of Capitalism – S4E1 Conference on Commodification and the Law, Part One

In the opening episode of season four, we present highlights from the first day of an interdisciplinary conference held at the European University Institute in December 2022. The conference aimed to advance critical understanding of current and historical commodification processes, and especially law’s role within them, to enrich present debates on law and capitalism. Includes excerpts from a keynote speech by Daniel Markovits on the idea of growth, as well as presentations from sessions entitled ‘Contesting Extraction and Exploitation’, ‘Data and Property in Information Capitalism’, and ‘Contractual Considerations and Global Supply Chains’.