"Inequality: A Dialogue for the Americas"

Monday, November 19 | 4-5:30 p.m.
140 Boalt Hall, School of Law

An intercontinental video-conference series
between UC Berkeley and Latin America

Mexico, Chile and the United States have two things in common: high inequality and low taxes.

"Inequality: A Dialogue for the Americas" is a path-breaking series that connects political leaders and scholars from Latin America to their counterparts in the United States by means of intercontinental video-conferencing. It creates an ongoing dialogue on… Show more the nature of inequality in the United States and Latin America, paving the way for future conversations and collaboration.

This series was developed through by the Center for Latin American Studies at UC Berkeley in collaboration with Universidad de Chile to address these key issues and will also include other countries in the Americas.

The next conversation later in November will include Prof. Emmanuel Saez, UC Berkeley and Governor Sergio Farjado, Antioquia, Colombia.

Sergio Fajardo was elected governor of Antioquia (economically the most important province of Colombia) in 2011. As Mayor of Medellín (2003-2007), he received international recognition for his innovative and effective policies. Governor Fajardo holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
- Article featuring Sergio Fajardo speaking on violence for CLAS (.pdf)

Emmanuel Saez is Professor of Economics and directs the Center for Equitable Growth at UC Berkeley. Among many honors, he was awarded the John Bates Clark medal by the American Economics Association in 2009 and a MacArthur Fellowship for his research on income inequality in 2010.
- Article from the New York Times on Professor Saez' work

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