Global Affairs Lecture Addressing Global Inequality

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DescriptionRising inequality presents policy makers with social, economic and political challenges and is linked to social ills like crime, poor health outcomes and radical nationalism. Over the past few decades, forces like globalisation and technological change have widened inequality but the recent coronavirus pandemic has intensified the acceleration of inequality between and within countries as well as pushed poverty levels higher. Two of the world’s leading growth and development economists – Pinelopi Goldberg, former Chief Economist of the World Bank and Elihu Professor of Economics, Yale University, and Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School, discussed the problem and consequences of rising inequality, and the tools and policies that could be deployed to address it. The session was moderated by Danny Quah, Dean and Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.

The Global Affairs Lecture is part of a series of talks sponsored by the late Professor Saw Swee Hock, which brings together scholars of global stature to discuss key challenges and issues of the day.

Disclaimer: The views or opinions expressed by guest speakers are solely their own and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Yale-NUS College.CreatorYale-NUS CollegeDate31-MAR-2021FormatVideoContributorDanny Quah and Li Ka Shing (Moderator)LanguageEnglishLength01:14:14EventGeopolitics seriesPublisherYale-NUS CollegeLocationSingapore

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SubjectGeopoliticsKeywordGeopoliticsEconomicsGlobalInequality

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CollectionVideosLectures and TalksGlobal Affairs LecturePersonTan Tai YongPinelopi GoldbergDani RodrikOrganisationYale-NUS College

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