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On November 25, 2025. James Galbraith delivered the Rosenbluth Lecture (online) to the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives, entitled "The North American Economy: Now and After You-Know-Who"

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On November 19, 2025. James Galbraith spoke on "Congress and the Federal Reserve" to a symposium organized by the Levy Economics Institute at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC.

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On November 17, James Galbraith gave an Honorary Lecture entitled "Observations from a distant observer, with experience in China in the 1990s" to a conference on "The (Un)Learned Lessons of Perestroika" at Moscow State University/Moscow School of Economics.

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On November 7,2025. James Galbraith's interview with "Thinkers' Forum," a project of China Academy.

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As of October 24, the podcast "Ahead of the Curve" has released a three part interview on Entropy Economics and related topics.

Part One            Part Two            Part Three
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On October 21, James Galbraith and Jing Chen gave a talk to the University of Texas Energy Symposium on the topic of their book Entropy Economics: The Living Basis of Value and Production.

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On October 6, 2025, James Galbraith gave a keynote talk entitled "Inequality and the Trump Vote" to a workshop at the City University of London on "The Economic Project of the Far Right."

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On August 12, 2025. James Galbraith (Entropy Economics) argued that economics cannot keep ignoring that energy and resources for production are no longer abundant and easy to access.

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On June 20, 2025. Project Syndicate published Dr. Galbraith's essay, “How Trump Happened.”

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