Another point of discussion is the reforms needed for capitalism to ensure socio-economic welfare. It has become a common point of discussion whether the current capitalist society is the best economic system for all. As a result, we question the strengths and limitations of capitalism more than ever. The dominant socio-economic system is somewhat failing to respond adequately to any large-scale crisis. During this once in a century pandemic, the financial markets have continued their historic rise, in the presence of rising poverty, inequality and systemic disarray around the world. With the beginning of the 2020s and the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the devastating war in Ukraine along with decades-old wars in the middle-east and Africa, economists and social scientists have started to study capitalism with different ontological lenses and empirical data.

In our living memory, the financial crisis was first to remind us of the limitations of existing socio-economic system built upon the capitalistic foundations. This project aims to organise a webinar series on the dominant ideology/economic system - capitalism. Welcome to Season II of 'Dissecting capitalism: Its past, present and future'!

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