Panel Discussion: Income Inequality in the 21st Century

In a panel discussion moderated by Dean Rich Lyons, Laura Tyson, professor of business administration and economics at the Haas School of Business, and Emmanuel Saez, economics professor and head of the Center for Equitable Growth at UC Berkeley, focus on income inequality, drawing from ideas central to Thomas Piketty's bestselling book Capital in the Twenty-First Century. This talk was part of the Dean's Speaker Series. (October 14, 2014)

[mikealexander]

A model for inequality as affected by economic policy.

[ggrthemostgodless]

Can there be a society NOT based on consumption??
Keep the best parts of capitalism but NOT base all the wellbeing of society on consumption??

Or.... are we going to end up with an amalgamation of different aspects of socialism, and capitalism and collectivism as the final or at lest next, society???
Of course we'll call it whatever name we want, but it will be a combination of the parts that work in current ECONOMIC systems.... it is well understood that the wealthiest people have a huge vested interest to keep things calm and moving.