Macroeconomy

Is Financial Reform Working? Barney Frank and Paul Krugman in Conversation

Is globalization responsible for increased income inequality? Watch three experts and Graduate Center professors explore the complex relationship between these large-scale economic trends.

In this video, Heather Boushey and Janet Gornick discuss why resolving work-life conflicts is as vital for individuals and families as it is for our country’s productivity.

B. Milanovic. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press. 2016.

In The American Prospect, Miles Corak reviews Branko Milanovic's book, Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization.

In this video, Paul Krugman and Olivier Blanchard engage in a discussion about recent crises around the world and how to prevent global economic collapse.

Watch two of the world’s leading experts on economics and the environment discuss the intersection of climate change and inequality.

B. Milanovic. Challenge. vol. 58, no. 2. pp. 135-138. 2015.

Janet Gornick's keynote address at the UN Second Committee General Debate.

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.