Following the 2008 Financial Crisis, finance has become a target for political activists and social movements, as well as a topic of renewed scholarly interest. Yet, the state of contemporary finance remains somewhat opaque, leaving many wondering whether much has actually changed. This panel will discuss recent trends in the realm of finance, detailing new patterns of ownership and control that have gone relatively unnoticed - but which have important ramifications for the global capitalist economy.

Benjamin Braun is a political scientist at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies. He specializes in the fields of international and comparative political economy. Currently, his research focuses on the politics of central banking and the political economy of asset manager capitalism.

Sarah Quinn is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington, and affiliate faculty of Urban@UW and the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies. She uses historical research and case studies to investigate how political institutions affect the development of financial organizations and technologies.

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