The Dynamics of Inequality
John E. Sawyer Seminar Series
In 2007-08, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supported a Sawyer Seminar at Stanford University titled "The Dynamics of Inequality", a seminar (see proposal) that explored recent dramatic changes in the structure and amount of social inequality. The Mellon Foundation supported a postdoctoral fellow and several predoctoral fellows in 2007-08 to participate in the year-long faculty seminar on social inequality.
William H. Sewell, Jr., University of Chicago
"Equality, Inequality, and the Dynamics of Capitalism"
October 10, 2007
Listen to: Sewell Introduction Sewell Part 1 Sewell Part 2
Gerald Allen Cohen, Oxford University
"Rescuing Equality from Rawls"
November 7, 2007
Listen to: Cohen Part 1 Cohen Part 2
Richard Freeman, Harvard University
"Schizophrenic Capitalism: Greed, Altruism, and Inequality in the US Economy"
December 5, 2007
Listen to: Freeman Part 1 Freeman Part 2
Robert David Putnam, Harvard University
"E Pluribus Unum: Civil Engagement in a World of Diversity"
January 24, 2008
Listen to: Putnam Part 1 Putnam Part 2
Benjamin Friedman, Harvard University
"Inequality and Attitudes Toward Inequality"
February 6, 2008
Listen to: Friedman Part 1 Friedman Part 2
Stephen Macedo, Princeton University
"Immigration and Inequality: An Egalitarian Case for Closed Borders?"
March 12, 2008
Listen to: Macedo
Francine Blau, Cornell University
"Gender Inequality: Continuing Progress?"
April 2, 2008
Listen to: Blau
Charles F. Sabel, Columbia University
"Delivering Equality: How the Provision of New Public Services Helps Equalize Life Chances"
May 7, 2008
Listen to: Sabel
