Danielle Allen
Professor of Public Policy, James Bryant Conant University Professor
After Neoliberalism: From Left to Right
Presented by the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation
December 11-12, 2025
Cambridge, MA
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About the Conference
Across the political spectrum, a contest is underway over the future of political economy. From “inclusive abundance” and “power-sharing liberalism” to the “patriot economy,” scholars and policymakers are advancing competing paradigms that seek to respond to deep structural challenges in our economy, politics, and society.
This two-day conference will bring together hundreds of leading thinkers — including scholars, policymakers from the Left and Right, journalists, and civic innovators — to explore and debate these emerging visions. Together, we will discuss their normative foundations, core economic assumptions, and practical implications for issues ranging from public goods to the governance of artificial intelligence.
Rather than endorsing a single framework, this gathering will surface the full range of new thinking in the field, test the strength of competing ideas, and explore where there is potential for convergence — or principled disagreement.
This event is invitation-only.
Featured Speakers
Daron Acemoglu
Institute Professor of Economics, MIT
Yoni Appelbaum
Deputy Executive Editor, The Atlantic
Jedediah Britton-Purdy
Raphael Lemkin Professor of Law, Duke Law School
D. Graham Burnett
Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, Princeton University
Oren Cass
Chief Economist, American Compass
Katherine Cramer
Natalie C. Holton Chair of Letters & Science and Virginia Sapiro Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Patrick Deneen
Professor, University of Notre Dame
Leah Downey
Assistant Professor, King's College London
Jason Furman
Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy
Gordon Hanson
Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy
Margaret Levi
Professor Emerita of Political Science, Stanford
Bradford Littlejohn
Director of Programs and Education, American Compass
Jen Pahlka
Board Chair, Recoding America Fund
Lydia Polgreen
Opinion Columnist, The New York Times
Rashad Robinson
Social Justice Leader, Strategist and Author
Dani Rodrik
Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard University
Anne-Marie Slaughter
CEO, New America
Erica Smiley
Executive Director, Jobs with Justice
Anna Stansbury
Assistant Professor, MIT Sloan
Matt Stoller
Director of Research, American Economic Liberties Project
Brandon Terry
John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University
Glen Weyl
Research Lead, Microsoft Research, Plural Technology Collaboratory & Founder, RadicalxChange Foundation
Kate Woodsome
Founder and Publisher, Invisible Threads
More to come
Stay tuned for our full list of speakers and conference agenda.
Inquiries
For any questions, or to express interest in attending, please reach out to events@afterneoliberalism.com.
This project is made possible by funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.