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CONF: Income Inequality and US Politics and Culture |
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Income Inequality and U.S. Politics and Culture Since the 1970s, the United States has witnessed a sharp divergence in economic fortunes, as the incomes of the wealthiest Americans have exploded while middle-class incomes have largely stagnated. This conference considers the effects of growing income inequality on the worldviews, policy ideas, and institutional practices of major U.S. political parties, electoral campaigns, and social movements. Schedule: 9:30-10:00 a.m.: Coffee and Welcome 10:00-11:15 a.m.: Taxes, Public Policy, and Inequality Beverly Moran (Vanderbilt University): The Uneasy Case for a Capital Gains Tax Vanessa Williamson (Harvard University): Systematic Misperceptions: How the Taxpaying Process Shapes Tax Knowledge Maria Ivanova (University of London): Inequality Then and Now: Why This Time Is Different 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.: Health, Crime, and Housing Dean Robinson (University of Massachusetts): No Urgency Without Insurgency: Racial Health Inequalities in the Post Civil Rights Era Lisa Miller (Rutgers University): American State Failure: Race, Inequality and Murder Laura Gottesdiener (author and journalist): We Shall Not Be Moved: Community-Led Resistance To Eviction In the Wake Of The 2008 Crisis 12:45-2:00 p.m.: Lunch Break 2:00-3:15 p.m.: Finance and Wealth across the Great Divide Rebecca Barrett Fox (Arkansas State University): Saving Oursevles: Cynicism and Self-Help in Christian Money Management and Social Policy Helaine Olen (author and journalist): How the Age of Inequality and the Personal Finance and Investment Industry Turned Us into a Nation of Financial Dreamers Mike Konczal (Roosevelt Institute): Financialization and Inequality: The Story of the Past 35 Years 3:15-4:00 p.m.: Closing Reception
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Location Alexander Library 4th Floor Teleconference Room (CAC), 169 College Ave. | |||||||
Contact Jeff Decker | |
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Free and Open to the Public |