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Casey Mulligan<\/h3>\n

The Redistribution Recession<\/em><\/h2>\n

Major subsidies and regulations intended to\u00a0help the poor and unemployed were changed in\u00a0more than a dozen ways after 2007. Economist\u00a0Casey B. Mulligan argues that many of these\u00a0changes were reasonable reactions to economic\u00a0events, with the intention of helping people\u00a0endure the recession, but they also reduced\u00a0incentives for people to work and businesses\u00a0to hire. He measures the startling\"casey.190.1\"<\/a> changes in\u00a0implicit tax rates that resulted from a labyrinth\u00a0of new and expanded \u201csocial safety net\u201d\u00a0programs, and quantifies the effects of these\u00a0changes on the labor market and the economy. \u00a0He also reveals how borrowers can expect their\u00a0earnings to affect the amount that lenders will\u00a0forgive in debt renegotiation, and how this\u00a0has acted as a massive implicit tax on earning.\u00a0He explains how redistribution in the forms\u00a0of subsidies, taxes and minimum-wage laws\u00a0profoundly altered the path of the economy\u00a0and made the recent recession one of the deepest \u00a0and longest in decades.<\/p>\n

Casey B. Mulligan is a Professor\u00a0of Economics at the University of Chicago.\u00a0\u00a0 He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University\u00a0of Chicago in 1993 and has also served as\u00a0a visiting professor teaching public economics at Harvard University, Clemson University,\u00a0and the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of\u00a0Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago.\u00a0He is affiliated with the National Bureau\u00a0of Economic Research, the George J. Stigler\u00a0Center for the Study of the Economy and the\u00a0State, and the Population Research Center.\u00a0He has received awards and fellowships from\u00a0the National Science Foundation, the Alfred\u00a0P. Sloan Foundation, the Smith-Richardson\u00a0Foundation, and the John M. Olin Foundation.\u00a0His research covers capital and labor taxation,\u00a0the gender wage gap, Social Security, voting\u00a0and the economics of aging.\u00a0 He is the author\u00a0of Parental Priorities and Economic Inequality<\/i>\u00a0and writes blog entries for the NY Times and\u00a0 blogsupplyanddemand.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Professor Mulligan will speak\u00a0Friday, February 20th at 3:30 p.m.\u00a0 in the Black and Gold Ballroom, Buntrock Commons.
\nLink to live streaming of this lecture:\u00a0\u00a0 https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/multimedia\/play\/?e=1213<\/a><\/p>\n

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Steven Fazzari<\/h2>\n

Income Inequality, The Great Recession, and Slow Recovery<\/em><\/h2>\n

In 2008 and 2009, the US economy experienced its deepest recession since the 1930s and the recovery from what is now called the Great Recession has been disappointing. Growth has been slow; the share of the working age population that is employed is much below its level before the recession even though interest rates have been kept unusually low in an attempt to bolster the recovery. Moreover, a cen\"????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????\"<\/a>tral feature of the US economy in recent decades has been a historic rise of income inequality.<\/p>\n

In this talk, Professor Fazzari will link these salient aspects of the US economy. He will summarize research that associates the large run-up of household debt prior to the Great Recession with the falling share of income earned by the bottom 95 percent of the income distribution. He will show that the end of this borrowing boom coincided with the onset of the Great Recession, and that the unusually large decline in consumption spending at this time occurred among the group of households whose income share was dropping. Finally, he will show that that the large decline in the share of income earned by the bottom 95 percent that has occurred since the early 1980s is now holding back consumption spending and is thus important in explaining the slow recovery from the Great Recession.<\/p>\n

Steven Fazzari is the Bert A. and Jeanette L. Distinguished Professor of Economics and Associate Director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University in 1982. Professor Fazzari’s research explores two main areas: the financial determinants of investment and R&D spending by U.S. firms and the foundations of Keynesian macroeconomics. His published articles appear in a wide variety of academic journals and books. Fazzari\u2019s co-edited 2013 book from Cambridge University Press investigates the sources and responses to the U.S. \u201cGreat Recession\u201d that began in late 2007. A recent search found more than 1,800 citations to Fazzari’s publications in the Research Papers in Economics database (over 8,000 in Google Scholar). In addition, his research and commentary on economic conditions and public policy has been highlighted in the national and international media, with recent attention to the link between rising income inequality and slow growth.<\/p>\n

Fazzari teaches macroeconomics, from introductory freshman courses to Ph.D. seminars. His teaching awards include the Missouri Governor\u2019s award for excellence in university teaching, the Emerson Award for teaching excellence, and Washington University’s distinguished faculty award. He has been active on University committees and task forces throughout his career. Fazzari served six years as chair of the Department of Economics. He has recently begun an exciting job as chair of the newly founded Department of Sociology.<\/p>\n

Professor Fazzari will speak\u00a0Friday, February 20th at 7:00 p.m.\u00a0 in the Black and Gold Ballroom, Buntrock Commons.
\nLink to live streaming of this lecture: https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/multimedia\/play\/?e=1214<\/a><\/p>\n

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Theda Skocpol<\/h2>\n

The Inequality Challenge in American Politics and Public Policy<\/em><\/h2>\n

Theda Skocpol (PhD, Harvard, 1975) is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University.\u00a0 At Harvard, she has served as Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences \"theda_skocpol\"<\/a>(2005-2007) and as Director of the Center for American Political Studies (2000-2006).\u00a0 In 1996, Skocpol served as President of the Social Science History Association, an interdisciplinary professional group, and in 2002-03, she served as President of the American Political Science Association during the centennial of this leading professional body.\u00a0 In 2007, she was awarded the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science for her “visionary analysis of the significance of the state for revolutions, welfare, and political trust, pursued with theoretical depth and empirical evidence.”\u00a0 The Skytte Prize is one of the largest and most prestigious in political science and is awarded annually by the Skytte Foundation\u00a0 at Uppsala University (Sweden) to the scholar who in the view of the foundation has made the most valuable contribution to the discipline.\u00a0 Skocpol has also been elected to membership in all three major U.S. interdisciplinary honor societies: the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (elected 1994), the American Philosophical Society (elected 2006), and the National Academy of Sciences (elected 2008).\u00a0 In addition to her academic roles, Skocpol co-founded in 2009 and is current director of the Scholars Strategy Network (www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org<\/a>), a national organization that encourages public engagement by university-based scholars.<\/p>\n

Social Strategy Network Overview<\/a><\/h2>\n

\nProfessor Skocpol will speak Saturday, February 21st at 9:30 a.m.\u00a0 in the Black and Gold Ballroom, Buntrock Commons.
\nLink to live streaming of this lecture: https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/multimedia\/play\/?e=1215<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This conference is funded by the social science faculty, the Institute for Freedom and Community,
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