Building a Strong Foundation: Understanding Whether and How Economic Inequality Affects Economic Growth
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Join the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, prominent academic leaders, and public policymakers for our 2014 conference: “Building a Strong Foundation: Understanding Whether and How Economic Inequality Affects Economic Growth.” The conference brings together top experts to debate and discuss the latest research related to economic inequality and economic growth and the implications for the U.S. workforce and future U.S. economic competitiveness.
The event will conclude with a rare opportunity to hear prominent intellectuals from across the political spectrum come together to discuss and debate the implications for the United States of Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-First Century.”
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Presenters
Featured speakers include:
Heather Boushey, Executive Director and Chief Economist, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Marianne Cooper, Sociologist, Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University
Tyler Cowen, Professor of Economics, George Mason University
Brad Delong, Professor of Economics, U.C. Berkeley, research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research
Ann O’Leary, Vice President & Director, Children & Families Program, Next Generation
Emmanuel Saez, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Equitable Growth, University of California, Berkeley
Robert Solow, Institute Professor of Economics emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Location
FHI 360, Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, United States
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