CANCELED: Alexander Hertel-Fernandez

press release: A Room of One's Own is happy to welcome Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, author of State Capture, for a reading and panel discussion co-sponsored by the Scholars Strategy Network!

Over the past forty years, conservatives have mastered the art of pursuing policy change across the states, while similar liberal efforts have floundered. Using a diverse array of original evidence, State Capture explains why and how conservatives developed cross-state political clout while progressives did not.

Alexander Hertel-Fernandez is an assistant professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University, where he studies the political economy of the United States, with an emphasis on the politics of organized interests, especially business and labor, and public policy. His research has appeared in a number of popular outlets, including the American Prospect, Democracy Journal, the Harvard Business Review, MSNBC, the New York Times, the New Yorker, NPR, Salon, Talking Points Memo, the Washington Post, and Vox.