“Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates, and men decay”
—Oliver Goldsmith, “The Deserted Village” (1770)
Inequality is on the rise in the contemporary global economy, both within prosperous economies and between developed and developing countries. Can democracy sustain itself while acquiescing in a growing gap between the world’s haves and have-nots? Does the American dream depend on a foundation of shared prosperity that is increasingly a historical artifact?
Roundtable Discussion:
Peter LIndert, Paul Pierson, and David Rueda
Chair: Will Pyle, Director, International Politics and Economics
Event will also be “live streamed” to Crossroad’s Cafe.
SPONSORS: International Politics and Economics Program, Jones Economics Enrichment Fund, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Academic Enrichment Fund, the Departments of History, Political Science, and Religion, the Programs in European Studies and in Privilege & Poverty, the Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life, and Atwater, Brainerd, and Cook Commons
Panel Three:
American Amnesia: The Forgotten Sources of our Shared Prosperity
by Paul Pierson, John Gross Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Moderator: Allison Stanger, Political Science
Student Chair:Brian Rowett
Event will also be “live streamed” to Crossroad’s Cafe.
SPONSORS: International Politics and Economics Program, Jones Economics Enrichment Fund, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Academic Enrichment Fund, the Departments of History, Political Science, and Religion, the Programs in European Studies and in Privilege & Pove
Panel One:
Inequality from 1650-2050
by Peter Lindert, Distinguished Professor of Economicsm, University of California-Davis
Moderator: Leticia Arroyo Abad, Economics
Student Chair: Grecia De La O Abarca
Event will also be “live streamed” to Crossroad’s Cafe.
SPONSORS: International Politics and Economics Program, Jones Enrichment Fund, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Academic Enrichment Fund, the Departments of History, Political Science, and Religion, the Programs in European Studies and in Privilege & Poverty, the Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Li