7 Dec 2016
Speaker: Prof Robert H. Frank (Cornell University)
Discussants: Prof Nicola Lacey (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳) and Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP
Chair: Prof John Hills (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)
Professor Robert Frank discussed the role luck plays in economic success.
23 November 2016
Speaker: Anthony Shorrocks (Global Economic Perspectives; World Institute of Development Economics Research)
Discussants: Dr Abigail McKnight (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳) and Deborah Hardoon (Oxfam)
Chair: Prof John Hills (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)
To mark the publication of the Global Wealth Report 2016, Tony Shorrocks explained the basis of Credit Suisse data and summarised the current evidence on the level, distribution and trends of household wealth in all regions and countries of the world since 2000.
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3 November 2016
Speakers: Mary Morgan, Alan Manning, Stephen Machin, Fran Tonkiss, Suzi Hall, Anne Power, Emily Grundy, Tim Newburn and John Hills
This event, which coincided with the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Research Festival 2016, was part of a wider ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ celebration of pioneering social scientist Charles Booth, who died in 1916, and whose original survey into life and labour in London is held in the .
Booth's investigation of poverty in London provides a key example both of the creative development of social science and of the ways in which research may be used to have a positive impact on society. The event brought together a group of scholars from a range of disciplines to explore the substance of Booth's ideas as well as his broader legacy for the social sciences and for contemporary social analysis.
12 October 2016
Speaker: Professor David Stasavage
Chair: Professor David Soskice
In today's social climate of growing inequality, why are there not greater efforts to tax the rich? David Stasavage asks when and why countries tax their wealthiest citizens.
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13-14 June 2016
The 2016 conference was held at the International Inequalities Institute on June 13th & 14th 2016.
This international conference gathered policy researchers and analysts from around the globe to share the latest research and knowledge on the pressing challenge on inequality.
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25 May 2016
Speakers: Craig Calhoun, Shami Chakrabarti, Duncan Green and Phumeza Mlungwana
This public lecture followed the and debated different approaches to challenging inequality across the globe.
25 May 2016
Speakers: Kimberlé Crenshaw, Nicola Lacey, Kim Weeden, Stephen Jenkins, Facundo Alvaredo, Katharina Hecht, Satanuka Roy, Rebecca Simson, Thomas Piketty, Murray Leibbrandt, Catherine Boone, John Hills, Deborah Hargreaves, David Soskice
An international gathering to discuss inequality held at Friends House, London.
21 March 2016
MacArthur 'Genius' award winning ethnographer Matthew Desmond speaks about his investigation into the low-income rental market and eviction in privately owned housing, and argues it is a cause, not just a symptom, of poverty.