Trade, Jobs, and Inequality - Featuring Eduardo Porter, Paul Krugman, and David Autor

Healthcare policy is one of the most complex and highly politicized issues in America today. Learn more about what is at stake as Margot Sanger-Katz (New York Times) hosts a panel of experts with diverse points of view. Participants include Jonathan Gruber, professor of economics at MIT; Paul Krugman, New

  Inequality is centre-stage in political debate both globally and in individual countries, being blamed for everything from Brexit and the rise of populism to stagnating wages and growth. This talk, based on the findings of a three-year research programme at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, University of Oxford,

In his much-discussed book Dream Hoarders, Richard V. Reeves asserts that the most important gap in America is between the top 20% (not just the 1%) and everyone else. Is the upper middle class hoarding the American dream? Graduate Center professors and scholars from the GC’s Stone Center—Janet Gornick, Paul

A Conference Sponsored by the Economics Program, the Economics Studies Group and the Graduate Center The collapse of Lehman Brothers on September 2008 marked the beginning of one of the most important crises of our era.  The Economics Program and the Economics Studies Group are bringing experts and speakers who

Reservations are full. This event will be LIVE-STREAMED. Janet Yellen’s tenure as Federal Reserve chair (from 2014 to 2018) saw significant employment increases and rising markets, trends that continue today, but in a vastly different political climate. She sits down with Paul Krugman—Nobel laureate, New York Times columnist, and GC

Details Where: The Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue C200: Proshansky Auditorium When: March 06, 2019: 6:30 PM Contact Info: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/publicprograms Admission: Free, Reservations Required Sponsor: Public Programs Reservations: Reserve Now Description In this time of low unemployment, why is it so hard for American workers to make a living? Why

Details Where: The Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue 9100: Skylight Room When: March 13, 2019: 6:30 PM Contact Info: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/publicprograms Admission: Free, Reservations Required Sponsor: Public Programs Reservations: Reserve Now Description The trend of rising inequality in our country shows no end in sight. What can be done to reverse