Center for Popular Economics

03/28/2026

Applications for the Summer Institute 2026 "Challenging Capitalism in Troubled Times and Building Collective Futures" are now open! Limited scholarships for travel cost available!

Apply here www.popularecon.org by May 25th!

05/11/2025

*Applications open!* https://forms.gle/ja7h9Cvr4zMfNNNW6

CPE Summer Institute 2025 (July 17-20): *Economics for Emancipation and Liberation.*
A four-day in-person workshop at Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.

We kindly invite you all to participate in the Center for Popular Economics (CPE) Summer Institute 2025 “Economics for Emancipation and Liberation,” which will take place from July 17th to July 20th at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.

The CPE Summer Institute is designed to address the movement’s economics knowledge gaps and counter the conservative myths at the heart of mainstream economics. This year’s Summer Institute will cover the basics of radical economics; systems of oppression including capitalism, racism and patriarchy; progressive reforms and post-capitalist experiments; the history of social movements, strategies for organizing, and building dual power.

Thanks to CPE’s grant funding, we are able to offer the Summer Institute on a sliding cost scale/pay-what-you-can model. This means that if someone interested can not afford the full ticket price, they can let us know what price works best for them. The minimum registration fee to secure a spot is $15, and the deadline to apply is May 31st using this application form.
https://forms.gle/ja7h9Cvr4zMfNNNW6
For more detailed information, check out our event website.

https://sites.google.com/view/cpesummerinstitute2025/home?authuser=1

07/22/2024

07/19/2024

We are excited to announce the first in-person Summer Institute since the beginning of the pandemic at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts from August 12th to 16t! In addition to our standard curriculum, this year’s Summer Institute will focus especially on settler colonialism, imperialism, and other questions most relevant to the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

More information about the institute is available at this link — https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pKzivauPp5OIZwWbOXHdPL-owwC2oZbvJlLkcs6Zf9s/edit?usp=sharing

Registration is due July 27, and is available at this link — https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOiXAGguPl_UEsMHqFU2bYjGmwwDfYiwzz7Zt_jvmYKw0-_g/viewform?usp=sf_link

This year’s Summer Institute is in a commuter format and does not including housing. If travel or transportation is necessary, we can help to make arrangements. If you have questions, please email us at [email protected].

Solidarity!

CPE Summer Institute 2024: Economics for Resistance In the face of genocide in Gaza, unceasing climate change, mounting economic crises, and widespread war, social movements around the world are rising up to challenge the declining U.S. Empire and build new just and democratic societies. D...

03/14/2023

Tell your people 🗣️ Economics for Emancipation is here!!

Our friends at just launched , a free seven-module online course on capitalism, solidarity, and how we get free 🔥🌹

E4E is an amazing resource covering the history, theory and practice of movements for economic justice in the U.S. It’s been shaped by decades of dialogue between progressive economists, grassroots organizers, and rank & file union workers. We hope it will strengthen your analysis, fuel your spirit and connect you to efforts challenging this economic system at its root.

The E4E portal offers free access to the online curriculum materials, which includes 25+ self-guided video lessons, an interactive workbook, and a facilitator guide for the workshops.

Swipe for highlights & get all the tools at ▶️ economics4emancipation.net
Curriculum design: Aaron Tanaka (), Amrita Wassan (), Emily Kawano (), Francisco Pérez (), Hannah Archambault () and the CED () & CPE () collectives.
Project manager and producer: Sarah Wang () of
Video lessons co-direction and co-production: Cooperative Journal Media ()
Video lessons filming, editing, & animation: Robin Bean Crane of Cooperative Journal Media
Video lessons narrative consultation & captioning: Ebony Gustave of Cooperative Journal Media
Video lessons script writing: CED and CPE (Francisco Perez, Sarah Wang, Amrita Wassan, Stephanie Attar, editing support from Cooperative Journal Media)
Video lessons speakers: Francisco Pérez and Ebony Gustave
Video lessons music: Ambience 7 by Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC)
Workbook creative design direction, graphic design & video lessons illustration support: Belén Marco Crespo ()
Website Designer: Poonam Whabi ()


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04/25/2021

The Center for Popular Economics is a collective of radical economists who have launched a new YouTube channel with the aim of popularizing Marxian political economy. Here is our latest video, where we film our reaction to one of PragerU's most popular videos, "Capitalism v. Socialism." In the video, we grab a beer, have some laughs, and go line-by-line through the video to discuss our response to the ideas being promoted in the video, such as the belief that capitalism = freedom and socialism = dictatorship.

for Popular Economics (CPE)Response to PragerU Video "Capitalism vs Socialism" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdfru9NHGvE...

04/17/2021

Check our new video 🥰
Marx's Labor Theory of Value argues that all of the wealth in capitalist society is produced squarely in the hands of the working class. This set the foundation for Marx to argue that capitalism systematically facilitates exploitation and the theft of value produced by workers.

for Popular Economics (CPE) Summary:Chapters (Timestamps):1) Introduction 00:00-00:462) Use Value And Exchange ...

03/13/2021

Here is our sixth video of CPE's YouTube Channel. Please share, like and subscribe to our channel! ✊✊✊

Center for Popular Economics (CPE) https://linktr.ee/Center4PopEconhttps://www.instagram.com/center4popecon/Intro Song: Warrior (Drake x Offset x Migos Type ...

02/05/2021

CPE is a collective of political economists. Our newly formed creative committee is getting active on YouTube. Check out this introduction video featuring footage of some of our founders and look out for more:

Center for Popular Economics Introduction Video, Intro Song: Warrior (Drake x Offset x Migos Type Beat), Grizzly Beats

12/01/2020

Today at 7 PM ET with CPE member Francisco Perez and other incredible Caribbean organizers working on Abolitionist Futures: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8s9J7K0gTqiflxaFzsJnjQ?fbclid=IwAR1uSfLcDLxWEGdeQ47JeRw3Z1RnNq8JYgeRyIriBGFivmmCj2oEhRLmXJQ

Join us on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 4pm PST for Abolitionist Praxis: Bringing our Imagination to Life, a conversation with Caribbean Organizers presented by (F)Empower, the Fall 2020 UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy Virtual Residents. Featured speakers: Ruth Jeannoel, Founder an...