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In recent years, and particularly since the 2008 financial crisis, economic inequality has become a major political issue in America. Why does inequality matter, if at all, and why are people paying more attention to it now? What are the trends in economic inequality? What should we do about it, both as a nation and as students at a university where 50% of the undergraduate student body comes from the top 5% of the U.S. income spectrum?

The panelists for this event come from backgrounds in Economics, Philosophy, Political Science, Public Policy, and Sociology. They have examined the policy and politics of inequality through both the academy and political activism, including Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign. Join us for a distinguished panel and a post-panel discussion with other students.

Moderated by Rob Reich
Professor of Political Science, professor by courtesy of Philosophy and Education, director of the Program on Ethics and Society, and co-director of the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Service
David Grusky
Director of Center on Poverty and Inequality and Barbara Kimball Browning Professor of Sociology
John Pencavel
Levin Professor of Economics and senior fellow at SIEPR
Lanhee Chen
David and Diane Staffy Research Fellow at The Hoover Institution, lecturer in Public Policy and Law, affiliate of Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and 2012 Romney-Ryan campaign policy director