Professor Erin Wolcott, a former researcher at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, is trying to figure out what accounts for the major employment gap between men with some college experience and those without.

Topics range from drug policy to marijuana legalization and addiction.

Political and economic experts will examine the negative effects of inequality in the United States and abroad, and discuss policies to address this growing problem. 

The third annual International Politics and Economics Symposium will gather scholars for a series of discussions on September 12.

Middlebury's running list of fellowship recipients.