Conference: Inequality in a Time of Contraction

Glasshouse Forum and Stanford University

12-13 November, Stanford University

Although there has been extensive discussion of the financial dimensions of the crisis, to date there has been far less written about the distributional implications. The conference brings together scholars from the social sciences, such as economics, sociology, and political science, to deepen our understanding of the link between globalisation (of both financial and real markets) and economic inequality. In this way we will be in a better position to understand and perhaps predict the consequences to inequality of the current economic turmoil.

Among the topics to be discussed:

• Have past financial crises reduced inequality or increased it?
• Who are the main winners and losers in this crisis?
• What international comparisons and benchmarks are useful in understanding the consequences of the crisis and how public policy might address it?

Anthony Atkinson	Jonas Pontusson	Kim Weeden	Richard Freeman

Speakers include: Anthony Atkinson, Oxford University, Enrico Moretti, University of California Berkeley, Philippe Aghion, Harvard University, Robert Frank, Cornell University, Richard Blundell, University College London, Richard Freeman, Harvard University, Jonas Pontusson, Princeton University, Thomas DiPrete, Columbia University, John Van Reenen, London School of Economics/GSB Stanford University, Kim Weeden, Cornell University. Moderator: Chris Giles, Economics Editor, Financial Times.

Download the programme.

Video interviews with speakers, and other material will be available on this site after the conference.