Inequality in the Anglo-American Democracies
Munk School of Global Affairs
March 12 and 13, 2015
1 Devonshire Place
Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility
Program
March 12, 2015
Breakfast and Registration: 8:30-9:00 am
Welcome and Opening Comments
Peter Loewen (Director, Centre for the Study of the United States, Munk School of Global Affairs)
Inequality and Political Representation
9:00 am to 12:30 pm
Nolan McCarty (Princeton University)
Richard Johnston (University of British Columbia)
David Rueda (Oxford University)
Mathew Lawrence (Institute for Public Policy Research)
Nick Carnes (Duke University)
Lunch
12:30 to 1:30 pm
Inequality, Economics, and Social Outcomes
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Arjumand Siddiqi (University of Toronto)
William Darity (Duke University)
Politics and Inequality
3:15 to 5:30 pm
Andrew Coyne (Comment Editor, National Post)
Chrystia Freeland (MP, Toronto-Centre)
Keith Neuman (The Environics Institute)
Keynote Address
7:00 to 9:00 pm
Doors open at 6:30 pm
Innis Town Hall, Innis College
St. George St. and Sussex Ave.
Tyler Cowen (George Mason University)
Is Average Over for Canada Too?
March 13, 2015
Breakfast and Registration: 8:30-9:00 am
Inequality and Labour Economics
9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Stephen Gordon (Laval University)
Thomas Lemieux (University of British Columbia)
Jeff Borland (University of Melbourne)
Lunch
12:00 to 1:00 pm
Innovation and Inequality
1:00 to 3:00 pm
Erica Fuchs (Carnegie Mellon University)
Peter Cowhey (University of California San Diego)
Martin Kenney (University of California Davis)
Coffee Break
3:00 to 3:15 pm
Innovation and Inequality Continued
3:15 to 5:15 pm
Douglas Noonan (Indiana University-Purdue University)
Amos Zehavi (Tel Aviv University)
William Lazonick (University of Massachusetts-Lowell)