Change: Work in 2020 and Beyond
An expert panel will discuss workforce policy given the challenges of 2020 and beyond.
Reducing Inequality Now (Special Online Event)
Watch leading economic experts discuss the gaping disparities by race and class that have driven so many Americans into the streets
Arguing with Zombies: Paul Krugman in Conversation with Joy-Ann Reid (Postponed)
Join us for a discussion of Paul Krugman's latest book, Arguing with Zombies, and major economic issues at the forefront of the 2020 election.
Capital and Ideology: Thomas Piketty in Conversation (Postponed)
Join us for a panel discussion on Thomas Piketty's latest book, Capital and Ideology, which includes a critique of contemporary politics and proposals for a fairer economic system. (This event has been postponed.)
Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future
P. Krugman. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. 2020.
The Triumph of Injustice
Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman will present a blueprint for tax reform that may allow a more democratic and equal system to prevail, followed by a panel discussion.
Measuring Inequality in the 21st Century
The Human Development Report Office, LIS, the Stone Center, UNU-WIDER and the World Inequality Lab will host a symposium on March 28-29.
Workers and Wages in America Today
Event: A panel of experts examines the power, or weakness, of the American worker.
Why We’re in a New Gilded Age
P. Krugman. In After Piketty: The Agenda for Economics and Inequality. H. Boushey, J.B. DeLong, and M. Steinbaum (eds). Chapt. 3. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 2017.
Debt, Deleveraging, and the Liquidity Trap: A Fisher-Minsky-Koo Approach
G.B. Eggertsson and P. Krugman. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. vol. 127, no. 3. pp. 1469-1513. 2012.