This event is in the past.It took place on January 20, 2026 at University of California, Berkeley.


Southside, Berkeley
🚶No parking on campus, walk or take transit
Lisandro Claudio launches his book arguing that austerity economics started as a US imperial tool in the Philippines and evolved into today's global policy ideology. Expect academic insights on how colonial-era money discipline became a moral imperative.
Philippine colonial history
Economic policy
Academic lecture
Author talk


Southside, Berkeley
🚶No parking on campus, walk or take transit
Lisandro Claudio launches his book arguing that austerity economics started as a US imperial tool in the Philippines and evolved into today's global policy ideology. Expect academic insights on how colonial-era money discipline became a moral imperative.
Philippine colonial history
Economic policy
Academic lecture
Author talk