May 16 | FRI | 6PM | Monthly Speaker Series
Closing the Gap: Race, Wealth, and Reparations
Kirsten Mullen, William Darity Jr.
Venue: 101 E Archer St, Tulsa, OK
Join world-renowned scholars to explore the history and impact of racial wealth disparities and the case for reparations. This discussion highlights systemic inequities, the invisible role of marginalized workers and strategies for economic justice.
April 5 | SAT | 5PM | Monthly Speaker Series
The Housing Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
Rob Robinson, Gabriela Rendón, Miguel Robles-Duran
Venue: 101 E Archer St, Tulsa, OK
Rob Robinson, Gabriela Rendón, and Miguel Robles-Duran explored how lack of housing and displacement are interwined with our economic system and what we can do to improve the status quo.
Watch the recorded session on our YouTube channel!
MARCH 7 | 6PM | Monthly Speaker Series
Beyond Exploitation: Workers’ Self-Management for a New Era
Richard D Wolff & Kali Akuno
Venue: 101 E Archer St, Tulsa, OK
Kali Akuno, Director of Cooperation Jackson, and world renowned Economist Richard Wolff explored working-class struggles and the power of solidarity in workers’ self-management.
Watch the recorded session on our YouTube channel!
2025 CHE Inaugural Conference
The Center for Heterodox Economics (CHE) held its inaugural conference, onFebruary 6th, 7th, and 8th. This groundbreaking event brought together leading scholars, organizers, students, and local citizens to explore alternative perspectives in economic theory and practice. By examining timely topics through a heterodox perspective, we explored how our economic system functions and how people drive societal transformation.
The conference may be over, but the insights live on! Watch the recorded sessions on our YouTube channel and stay inspired by groundbreaking discussions. Don’t miss out—subscribe now!
Heterodoxy is the authentic economics of the North American heartland — institutionalist, evolutionary, pragmatic. May the new Center foster and support this tradition, and may Tulsa become a new Mecca for independent, relevant, and (above all) useful economists.
James K. Galbraith, The University of Texas at Austin
In this turbulent and troubled world, the role of economics is of critical importance. Yet too much of the economics profession is entangled in a framework derived from some notion of a perfect economic system. Inevitably, actual historical and empirical phenomena appear as “imperfections”. This Center seeks to engage with economic approaches derived from real historical and economic patterns, and to support and encourage dialogue among them.
Anwar Shaikh, Professor Emeritus of The New School
Our Vision
Further the Understanding of Capitalism
Increase People’s Empowerment
International Hub for Heterodox Economics
