293 - Thematic Session. Credit and Inequality: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Abstract

This panel will gather scholars from multiple fields doing cutting edge research on credit and inequality. This research ranges from the sociological investigation on gender discrimination in credit markets, to the history of thinking about the politics of money, to research on microcredit and the effort to articulate the aesthetics behind the housing bubble. By juxtaposing sociological work with that of other disciplines, this panel will illuminate what sociologists might gain from, and contribute to, a cross-disciplinary effort to address how lending shapes opportunity and inequality.

Sub Unit

• Thematic Sessions

Session Organizer

• Sarah Quinn, University of Washington

Presider

• Sarah Quinn, University of Washington

Panelist

• Karen Ho, University of Minnesota

Individual Presentations

• Pricing and Personhood: Risk-based Prices and Gender Discrimination in Consumer Financial Markets - Greta R. Krippner, University of Michigan; Daniel Hirschman, University of Michigan

• Giant Pool of Money: The Aesthestics of Accumulation and Waste - Matthew Kenyon, University of Michigan

• Credit is Money: The Heterodox Challenge to Studies of Public Policy, Wealth, and Inequality - David Freund, University of Maryland

• Opportunities and Challenges Facing Hybrid Organizations: The Case of Microfinance Organizations - Julie Battilana, Harvard University