Sven Beckert: podcast appearances and interviews

Sven Beckert is a German-American historian and the Laird Bell Professor of History at Harvard University. His academic focus includes the history of the United States in the nineteenth century as well as global history. Beckert is also the co-director of the Program on the Study of Capitalism at Harvard University, alongside Christine A. Desan. He has received multiple fellowships, including being named an American Council of Learned Societies Fellow in 2008, as well as securing fellowships at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, the New York Public Library, and the Guggenheim Foundation. Beckert is known for his work as an author, notably of the book 'Capitalism: A Global History', which explores the historical development and global impact of capitalism.