Your time in Bloomington may be over, but your education doesn't have to be. The College of Arts and Sciences' Food for Thought series is coming to Washington this March.
Reconnect with the College and meet other IU alumni at this lifelong-learning series. Current students participating in the College’s "D.C. Career Trek Trip" will also be in attendance.
Hosted at the IU Office of Federal Relations on Pennsylvania Ave., Department of Economics Chair and Professor Gerhard Glomm will discuss the rise of economic inequality in America and explore the facts and fiction of wealth distribution.
Beverages and light hors d’oeuvres are included, and admission is discounted for IUAA members.
Income and Wealth: Fact and Fiction | The presentation will try to separate fact in the income and wealth distribution from fiction. We will consider some of the underlying fundamental causes for a rise in inequality as well as some of its implications. Some tentative policy conclusions will be offered.
Speaker biography | Gerhard Glomm is a professor in the Department of Economics, where he also serves as chair. Born in southern Germany in 1957, Glomm received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Minnesota in 1988. His research and teaching interests include macroeconomics, economic growth, income distribution, and political economy. He's recently published scholarship in the European Economic Review, the International Economic Review, the Public Finance Review, and the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, among many other publications.
If you have any questions about the Food for Thought series, please e-mail Event Coordinator Becca Bogenschutz.
