2023 Symposium
2023 Symposium
Friday, November 10, 2023
1:50 - 5:30 pm Robert A. Jones ‘59 Conference Room, or livestream right here.
Effects of Technology and AI on Inequality
Technology, digitalization, and AI have changed the economic and political landscape around the world. This year’s symposium brings together three experts to discuss the impacts of technological change on workers, firms, and policy.
1:50 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
John Maluccio, Program Director, International Politics and Economics, Middlebury College
2:00 – 2:45 p.m. ”Anatomy of Technology Inside the Firm”
Diego Comin, Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College
Student moderator: Afra Fairooz ’25, International Politics and Economics major
2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 – 3:45 p.m. “This Is Fine” versus Labor Dystopia: The Uncertain Discourse Concerning the Future of Automation”
Baobao Zhang, Assistant Professor, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Department of Political Science, Syracuse University
Student moderator: Claire Quigley ’25, International Politics and Economics major
3:45 - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 – 4:45 p.m. “Robert Peel’s Resurrection: Digitalization and the Land Value Tax”
Gary Winslett, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Middlebury College
Student moderator: Malick Thiam ’24, International Politics and Economics major
4:45 – 5:30 p.m. Panel discussion
Organizers and Contacts
- Gary Winslett, Assistant Professor of Political Science
- Erin Wolcott, Rbt A & Ina Jones Jr Faculty Fellow in Economics; Asst. Prof.
Sponsor
- International Politics and Economics Program
Co-Sponsors
- Department of Economics
- Department of Political Science
- The Privilege & Poverty Academic Cluster
- Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
- Sociology