High and Rising Inequality: Causes and Consequences
Janet Gornick's keynote address at the UN Second Committee General Debate.
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Paul Krugman in Conversation
Watch Senator Elizabeth Warren and Paul Krugman address a range of topics, such as consumer safeguards, student loan refinancing, bankruptcy protection, banking controls, minimum wage reform and women’s health care.
Panel: Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Watch French economist Thomas Piketty participate in a panel discussing his new book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century at the Graduate Center.
NYT: The American Middle Class Is No Longer the World’s Richest
In The New York Times, David Leonhardt and Kevin Quealy provide an interactive look at the middle class across countries from 1980 to 2010 using LIS data.
Boston Review: Thinking Inequality
In the Boston Review, Claude S. Fischer explores how average Americans think about inequality, and references Leslie McCall's book, The Undeserving Rich.
Folio: Interview with Janet Gornick
In an interview with CUNY’s Folio, Janet Gornick discusses elements of her 2012 commencement speech and why poverty and inequality are growing more important to the current debate.
Panel: Income Inequality LIS Book Launch
In this video, panelists and editors discuss "Income Inequality: Economic Disparities and the Middle Class in Affluent Countries" at its launch.
The American Prospect: The Single Best Argument Against Inequality
In this article, David Callahan discusses Leslie McCall's book, The Undeserving Rich.
Income Inequality Today: A Conversation with Branko Milanovic and Janet Gornick, Moderated by William P. Kelly
LIS Director Janet Gornick and World Bank economist Branko Milanovic participated in a discussion on income inequality with William Kelly, the Interim Chancellor of CUNY. The event took place at the Roosevelt Center at Hunter College (CUNY).
Panel: A Discussion on Inequality and Economic Growth
In this video, Paul Krugman and Sir Tony Atkinson discuss the connection between economic growth and inequality.