Rising Inequality and the Changing Structure of Political Conflict

Rising Inequality and the Changing Structure of Political Conflict The Inaugural James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Lecture in Economic Inequality Thomas Piketty Professor at EHESS and the Paris School of Economics. Author of the international best-seller, 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century' Douglas Elmendorf (Moderator) Dean, Harvard Kennedy School Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School Join Thomas Piketty as he explores the relationship between rising inequality and changing structures of political conflict, from class-based to identity-based. Why hasn’t democracy slowed rising inequality? He will present new findings from the recently-released World Inequality Report 2018 and his latest work on changing political cleavages to answer this question.