Mind the Gap: Economic Inequality and Our Democracy
Mass Humanities' annual symposium held on November 3, 2012 in the Heights Room, Corcoran Commons at Boston College explores economic, political, social, and public policy aspects of economic inequality in the U.S.
Session 1: The Causes and Effects of Increasing Economic Inequality
Thomas Frank, James K. Galbraith, Scott Winship, Michael Jonas (moderator)
Session II: The Role of Education in Inequality in America
Andrew Delbanco, Heather Beth Johnson, Barry O'Connell, Rhonda Cobham-Sander (moderator)
Session III: What, If Anything, Should Be Done?
Glenn Loury, Timothy Noah, Will Wilkinson, Mark Santow (moderator)