Seminar in Private Law: Coordination and Growth

The 2025 Seminar in Private Law hosts leading thinkers on social coordination, economic growth, and institutional development. 

January 28:  Private & Public Norms 
•     Michael Macy – Cornell, Sociology 
•     Tom Tyler – Yale Law School

February 11:  Contract as Exchange  
•     Aditi Bagchi – Fordham, Law

February 18:  Development & Patrimonialism 
•     Monica Prasad – Johns Hopkins, Sociology 
•     Allison Tait – University of Richmond, Law

February 25:  The Role of the Rich 
•     Guido Alfani – Bocconi, Social and Political Sciences 
•     Morris Pearl – Patriotic Millionaires

March 4:  Entrepreneurial Capitalism 
•     Naomi Lamoreaux – Yale, History (emeritus) 
•     Bill Janeway – Cambridge, Economics

March 11:  Debt and Dispossession 
•     Daniel Hulsebosch – NYU, Law 
•     Hannah Appel – UCLA, Anthropology

March 25:  Developing Institutions 
•     Erin McDonnell – Notre Dame, Sociology 
•     Mushtaq Khan – SOAS University of London, Economics

April 1:  Causes of Growth 
•     Daron Acemoglu – MIT, Economics 
•     Joel Mokyr – Northwestern, Economics

April 8:  The Chinese System 
•     Yasheng Huang – MIT, Sloan School of Management 
•     Donald Clarke – GW, Law

April 15: Religion & Development 
•     Sohaib Khan – Occidental College, Religious Studies 
•     Kathryn Tanner – Yale, Divinity School