Conversation on Uber Economy
In this video, Steven Hill, author of Raw Deal: How the "Uber Economy" and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers, joins Eduardo Porter for a timely discussion.
Bloomberg Radio Podcast: Janet Gornick, Branko Milanovic, and Paul Krugman
Hosts Kathleen Hays and Pimm Fox of "Taking Stock" (Bloomberg Radio) in conversation with Stone Center senior scholars on the history and purpose of LIS.
The Great Escape—Health, Wealth, and Inequality
In this video, Angus Deaton traces the dramatic increase in human prosperity over the past 250 years as well as the widening gap between the poor and sick, and the rich and well.
Inequality and Climate Change: Joseph Stiglitz and Nicholas Stern in Conversation
Watch two of the world’s leading experts on economics and the environment discuss the intersection of climate change and inequality.
Jeff Madrick in Conversation with Paul Krugman
Watch Jeff Madrick discuss themes in his recent book with Nobel Prize–winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman.
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.