Caroline Shenaz Hossein discusses The Banker Ladies, and the Future of Solidarity Economies
From Everything Co-op with Vernon Oakes by Everything Co-op
February 3, 2026 · 57 min
About this episode
Caroline Shenaz Hossein discusses her book 'The Banker Ladies' and the challenges and benefits of solidarity economies.
January 15, 2022 - This episode features Caroline Shenaz Hossein. Dr. Hossein is a leading global scholar on solidarity economies, cooperative finance, and the economic contributions of racialized communities. She and Vernon will discuss her new book, The Banker Ladies, along with the benefits—and obstacles—of being at the forefront of building and sustaining solidarity economies. Caroline Shenaz Hossein is a Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Africana Development & Feminist Political Economy and Associate Professor of Global Development Studies. She is the founding member of the international Diverse Solidarity Economies Collective (DISE), highlighting the need to amplify culturally diverse community economies to counter the systemic economic exclusion of marginalized populations. Dr. Hosein is a member of the new college at the Royal Society of Canada and holds an Ontario Early Researcher Award. Author of the award-winning Politicized Microfinance: Money, Power and Violence in the Black Americas and The Banker Ladies and editor of Community Economies in the Global South, of The Black Social Economy, Community Economies in the Global South and Beyond Racial Capitalism and has…
People in this episode
Host: Vernon Oakes
Guest: Caroline Shenaz Hossein
Topics covered
- solidarity economies
- cooperative finance
- economic contributions
- racialized communities
- feminist political economy
Keywords
- solidarity economies
- cooperative finance
- Caroline Shenaz Hossein
- Vernon Oakes
- economic exclusion
- feminist economics
- racialized communities
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Diverse Solidarity Economies Collective (DISE)
Books & works: The Banker Ladies, Politicized Microfinance: Money, Power and Violence in the Black Americas, Community Economies in the Global South, The Black Social Economy, Beyond Racial Capitalism
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