LSE International Inequalities Institute

Hosted by the International Inequalities Institute at LSE Date: 23rd November 2016 Speaker: Anthony Shorrocks (Global Economic Perspectives; World Institute of Development Economics Research) Discussants: Dr Abigail McKnight (LSE) and Deborah Hardoon (Oxfam) Chair: Professor John Hills Drawing on Credit Suisse data, Oxfam created worldwide headlines this year with the claim that 62 people own the same as half the world. To mark the publication of the Global Wealth Report 2016, Tony Shorrocks explained the basis of Credit Suisse data and summarised the current evidence on the level, distribution and trends of household wealth in all regions and countries of the world since 2000.

Speaker: Professor Guy Standing (SOAS) Discussants: Professor the Lord Meghnad DESAI (Emeritus Professor of Economics LSE), Dr Malcolm Torry (Director of the Citizen’s Income Trust and Visiting Senior Fellow, Social Policy Department, LSE), Barb Jacobson (Welfare Advisor and Coordinator for Basic Income UK) Chair: Professor Mike Savage (Co-Director of the III, LSE) Recorded Monday 8th May, Old Theatre, Old Building, 6.30-8pm Shouldn't everyone receive a stake in society's wealth? Could we create a fairer world by granting a guaranteed income to all? What would this mean for our health, wealth and happiness? A basic income is a regular cash transfer from the state, received by all individual citizens. It is an acknowledgement that everyone plays a part in generating the wealth currently enjoyed only by a few. Political parties across the world are now adopting it as official policy and the idea generates headlines every day. Guy Standing has been at the forefront of thought about Basic

Hosted by the International Inequalities Institute at LSE Recorded on 10 May 2017 at Wolfson Theatre, LSE Campus Speaker: Professor Joan C. Williams Chair: Dr Michael McQuarrie This public lecture marks the publication of Joan C. Williams latest book, White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America. Much analysis has focused on the fact that Donald Trump won the U.S. Election because liberals lost the white working class vote. The same might well be said about Brexit. That being the case, what exactly does the left need to do to regain those votes? And can it do so without ignoring the needs of immigrant and other minority groups? Joan C. Williams, whose evaluation of Trump's electoral victory in the Harvard Business Review has been read over 3.5 million times, will explain how the left can regain white working class votes while remaining true to their principles. Joan C Williams latest book addresses why so much of the elite's analysis of the white working class is misgu