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Christine Desan is the Leo Gottlieb Professor at Harvard Law School, specializing in political economy, constitutional law, and the international monetary system. Her influential work, including the book 'Making Money: Coin, Currency, and the Coming of Capitalism' (Oxford University Press, 2014), presents a constitutional approach to money, arguing that modern capitalism arose from changes in the design and creation of money. Desan has published numerous articles and edited volumes on the interplay of money and economic history, as well as contemporary issues related to monetary design and productivity. She has served on the Steering Committee for Massachusetts Public Banking, advocating for legislation aimed at establishing a state bank to support marginalized communities. Desan has been a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and has received the 2024 Sacks-Freund Award for Teaching Excellence at Harvard Law School. She co-founded Harvard's Program on the Study of Capitalism and has actively engaged in organizing conferences and seminars focused on the critical analysis of money and governance.
Harvard Law School • Cambridge, MA
Teaching subjects in political economy, constitutional law, and monetary systems.
Applied for under 'Department of Law', 'Department of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law', 'Department of Constitutional Law', 'Department of Japanese Legal Studies', and 'Department of Human Rights'.