Gary Gerstle is Paul Mellon Professor of American History Emeritus at the University of Cambridge. He is the author, editor, and coeditor of more than ten books including The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era (2022). The book has been translated into multiple languages, made ‘Best Books’ lists in the US, UK, the Netherlands, and India, and was shortlisted for the 2022 Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year. Gerstle has written for the Guardian, the New Statesman, the New York Review of Books, the Atlantic, Dissent, the Nation, and Project Syndicate, among others. He frequently appears on BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service, NPR, and has done many podcasts, including the Ezra Klein Show. He is at Harvard this year writing a new book, Politics in Our Time: Authoritarian Peril and Democratic Hope in the Twenty-First Century. Read the full bio.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 6.00pm to 8.00pm EDT
Join Cambridge in America (CAm) as we host a talk with Paul Mellon Professor of American History Emeritus at the University of Cambridge Gary Gerstle, author of the acclaimed book “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order.”
Professor Gerstle will be in conversation with CAm Board Director Robert N. Shapiro (Trinity 1972) discussing the economic, social, and political implications of a time of profound changes occurring in the US and around the world.
You can also read CAm's recent interview with Professor Gerstle here and hear Bilal Hafeez interview Professor Gerstel on the Macro Hive Conversations podcast here.
We look forward to welcoming you!
Mr. Robert N. Shapiro is a retired partner of Ropes & Gray LLP and retired CEO of Ropes Wealth Advisors LLC. During more than forty years at the firm, based in Boston, Mr. Shapiro advised individuals and families on estate planning, financial planning, and philanthropic planning, and served as head of the Private Client Group and chair of the firm’s trust committee. In the final stage of practice, Mr. Shapiro helped launch the registered investment advisory firm Ropes Wealth Advisors and served as CEO of RWA. He matriculated at Trinity College in 1972 as the Lt. Charles Henry Fiske III Scholar from Harvard, reading English. He then taught high-school English before attending law school, and then served as judicial clerk to the Hon. Jon O. Newman in the US District Court (Connecticut) and US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Read the full bio.
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