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Conversations From the Cullman Center: Fear City: Kim Phillips-Fein and Alexander Burns

Kim Phillips-Fein and Alexander Burns discuss her latest book, Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics, on the occasion of its paperback release. Drawing on never-before-used archival sources and interviews with significant figures in the crisis, Phillips-Fein shows how the 1975 brush with bankruptcy permanently transformed New York.

Kim Phillips-Fein is the author of Invisible Hands: The Businessmen’s Crusade Against the New Deal. She has written for The Nation, Dissent, The Atlantic and The New York Times, and currently teaches history at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Phillips-Fein completed Fear Cityduring her Cullman Center Fellowship in 2014-15.

Alexander Burns is a political reporter on the national desk of The New York Times, where he covered Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Previously, he was an editor and reporter at Politico, where he covered the 2012 presidential election and the Republican Party during the Obama presidency.

There is no charge for attendance, however, seating is not guaranteed without reservations. All unclaimed seats are released 10 minutes before start time, so we recommend arriving early. Doors open at 6:30.











When: Thu., Apr. 19, 2018 at 7:00 pm
Where: New York Public Library—Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
476 Fifth Ave.
917-275-6975
Price: Free, reservation recommended
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Kim Phillips-Fein and Alexander Burns discuss her latest book, Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics, on the occasion of its paperback release. Drawing on never-before-used archival sources and interviews with significant figures in the crisis, Phillips-Fein shows how the 1975 brush with bankruptcy permanently transformed New York.

Kim Phillips-Fein is the author of Invisible Hands: The Businessmen’s Crusade Against the New Deal. She has written for The Nation, Dissent, The Atlantic and The New York Times, and currently teaches history at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Phillips-Fein completed Fear Cityduring her Cullman Center Fellowship in 2014-15.

Alexander Burns is a political reporter on the national desk of The New York Times, where he covered Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Previously, he was an editor and reporter at Politico, where he covered the 2012 presidential election and the Republican Party during the Obama presidency.

There is no charge for attendance, however, seating is not guaranteed without reservations. All unclaimed seats are released 10 minutes before start time, so we recommend arriving early. Doors open at 6:30.

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