IIEP Facing Inequality Series
The Facing Inequality series focuses on current and emerging inequality issues in the U.S. and around the globe, especially those revealed by the current COVID-19 pandemic. It brings together historians, economists, sociologists, political scientists, and epidemiologists, within the academy and without, to present work and discuss ideas that can facilitate new interdisciplinary approaches to the problem of inequality. It is a platform for dialogue and debate.
This series is organized under the stewardship of IIEP Co-Director James Foster; Oliver T. Carr, Jr. Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Economics; and IIEP Faculty Affiliate Trevor Jackson, Assistant Professor of History. It is co-sponsored by the GW Interdisciplinary Inequality Series and co-organized by Professor Trevor Jackson from the Department of History and Professor Bryan Stuart from the Department of Economics.
2022 Events
Upcoming events
Previous events
“Collaborate To Create Change: Towards Racial and Socioeconomic Equity in our Scholarship, Research & Teaching” – Friday, September 23rd, 2022
“Epidemics, Inequality and Poverty in Preindustrial and Early Industrial Times” featuring Guido Alfani (Bocconi University) – Wednesday, April 27th, 2022
“Black Politicians During Reconstruction: Impacts and Backlashes” featuring Dr. Trevon Logan (Ohio State University) – Monday, February 28th, 2022
“The Distribution of Wealth in Germany 1895-2018” featuring Dr. Charlotte Bartels (German Institute for Economic Research) – Monday, February 7th, 2022
2021 Events
Past Events
“Inequality and the Centrifugal Nature of the Labor Market” featuring Peter Dietsch (University of Victoria) – Wednesday, September 29, 2021
“Campaign Finance Rules and Wealth of Politicians” featuring Marko Klašnja (Georgetown), Nina Eichacker (Rhode Island), and Tim Shenk (GWU) – Monday, June 21, 2021
“Hidden Wealth” featuring Neil Cummins (LSE) – Wednesday, April 28, 2021
“How the Pandemic Exposed the Incomplete Gender Revolution: Work, Family, and Public Policy” featuring Betsey Stevenson (Michigan), Madeline de Quillacq (GWU), Dr. Mary Ellsberg (GWU), and Eiko Strader (GWU) – Monday, February 15th, 2021
2020 Events
Past Events
“Global Income Inequality: Current Developments and Their Political Implications” featuring Branko Milanovic (CUNY) – Tuesday, May 5, 2020
“Will Covid-19 Raise Inequality? Evidence from Past Epidemics and Crises” featuring Prakash Loungani (IMF) and Jonathan D. Ostry (CEPR) – Tuesday, May 26, 2020
“Just Governance: Lessons on Climate Change Justice from People in Poverty” featuring Brooke Ackerly (Vanderbilt) – Tuesday, June 16, 2020
“Imperfect Competition on the Cathedral Floor: Labourers in London 1672 to 1748” featuring Judy Stephenson (Bartlett CPM), Patrick Wallis (LSE), Bryan Stuart (GWU), and Barry Chiswick (GWU) – Tuesday, June 30, 2020
“How Should We Measure Multidimensional Inequality? A Philosopher’s Approach (with COVID applications)” featuring Kristi A. Olson (Bowdoin), Luis Felipe López-Calva (UN), and Jeffrey Brand (GWU) – Tuesday, July 14, 2020
“Central Banking in the Age of Inequality” featuring Dr. Benjamin Braun (IAS), Aditi Sahasrabudde (Cornell), and Trevor Jackson (GWU) – Tuesday, July 28, 2020
“Are Informal Workers Benefiting from Globalization? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in India” featuring Nita Rudra (Georgetown) – Tuesday, August 4, 2020
“Short and long-run distributional impacts of COVID-19 in Latin America” featuring Nora Lustig (Tulane), Guido Neidhöfer (ZEW), Stephen B. Kaplan (GWU), and Dr. Michael C. Wolfson (Statistics Canada) – Monday, October 12, 2020
“Immunocapital: Disease, Power, and Inequality in the Antebellum Cotton Kingdom” featuring Kathryn Olivarius (Stanford), Martin Saavedra (Oberlin), and Dayna Bowen Matthew (GWU) – Monday, October 26, 2020
“Multidimensional Poverty in the U.S.” featuring Brian Glassman (Census Bureau), Shatakshee Dhongde (Georgia Tech), Sabina Alkire (OPHI), James E. Foster (GWU), Sophie Mitra (Fordham), and Marianne Bitler (UC Davis) – Friday, December 11th, 2020
