{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Shakespeare, Money, and Meaning-Making","description":"Can reading King Lear help us rethink economic policy? Can Measure for Measure shape how we talk about justice, or Hamlet help us face grief? That\u2019s the idea behind an ambitious project at Montreal\u2019s McGill University called Reimagining Shakespeare, Remaking Modern World Systems. Led by Laurette Dub\u00e9, professor emerita of management, and Paul Yachnin, professor of Shakespeare studies, the initiative brings together experts in economics, health policy, AI,  and robotics, with theater and literary artists and humanities scholars, to explore how Shakespeare\u2019s plays can help us think more humanely\u2014and creatively\u2014about the systems we inhabit. In this episode, Dub\u00e9 and Yachnin discuss how Shakespeare\u2019s theater created a space where money, power, and empathy intersected\u2014and why those same plays may hold insights for addressing today\u2019s most complex challenges, reminding us of how the humanities can help us build a better future. From the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast. Published July 15, 2025. \u00a9 Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights reserved. This episode was produced by Matt Frassica. Garland Scott is the executive producer. It was edited by Gail Kern Paster. We had help with web production from Paola Garc\u00eda Acu\u00f1a. Leonor Fernandez edits our transcripts. Final mixing services are provided by Clean Cuts at Three Seas, Inc. ","author_name":"Folger Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare Unlimited","author_url":"http:\/\/www.folger.edu\/shakespeare-unlimited","html":"