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The Great Polarization
Economics, Institutions and Policies in the Age of Inequality

A conference sponsored by the Department of Economics at the University of Utah

September 27-29, 2018

Carolyn and Kem Gardner Commons
260 Central Campus Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112

joseph stiglitz

Keynote Address

Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate

America's Growing Inequality: Causes and Remedies

Thursday, September 27 at 7:00 PM
Gardner Commons | Siciliano Auditorium

Joseph E. Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University, the co-chair of the High-Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress at the OECD, and the Chief Economist of the Roosevelt Institute. A recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) and the John Bates Clark Medal (1979), he is a former senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank and a former member and chairman of the (US president's) Council of Economic Advisers.

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THURSDAY KEYNOTE RECORDING

marion crain

Friday Evening Keynote

Marion Crain

Friday, September 28 at 6:00 PM
Alumni House | Grand Ballroom (by invitation only)

Marion Crain, an expert in labor and employment law, is Vice Provost for Washington University and the Wiley B. Rutledge Professor of Law. She holds joint appointments (by courtesy) with the Brown School of Social Work and the Department of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies. Her scholarship examines the relationships among gender, work, and class status with a particular emphasis on collective action, labor relations and social movements.

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FRIDAY EVENING RECORDING

invited speakers