Lecture: STRIKING IT RICHER:

The Evolution of Top Incomes and the Decline in Average Real income in the bottom 99% of Americans

SPEAKER: ECONOMIST EMMANUAL SAEZ

Emmanuel Saez is Professor of Economics at UC, Berkeley. His work, done with Thomas Piketty, includes tracking the incomes of the poor, middle class and rich around the world. Their work shows that top earners in the United States have taken an increasingly larger share of overall income over the last three decades, with almost as much inequality as before the great depression. He recommends much higher taxes on the rich, up to 70% or 90%. The current top us marginal tax rate is 42.5%. Saez received the John Bates Clark Medal in 2009 and was named a MaCarthur Fellow in 2010. He has brought the Theory of Taxation closer to practical policy making, and helped lead a resurgence of academic interest in taxation. 

4:30 p.m. - Reception

5:00 p.m. - Presentation
6:00 p.m. - Optional Early Bird Dinner