Interview with Kari Levitt: “Bring the State back in!”

IntroductionOn December 27th and 30th 2011, I met with Kari Levitt in her apartment on De l’épée, Outremont. I met her in 1987 at McGill while studying in political economy. Since, I always thought of her as one of the most inspiring women in Canadian political economy. Two professors I had studied with at Glendon College, York University, Omar Hamouda and Lori Tarshis - a student of Keynes - had strongly encouraged me to contact her. That is what I did. At the time I did not know much about ...