Income Inequality in the United States
Are the Rich Getting Poorer?
Friday, March 15, 2002 | 9:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
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About This Event
New data reveals that top incomes were lower--in relative dollars--at the end of the twentieth century than at the beginning. A study conducted by Emmanuel Saez, a professor of public economics at Harvard University, has found that great shocks to these top incomes during the Great Depression and World War II have had a permanent effect. At this discussion Saez will suggest that steeply progressive income taxation may explain this trend. William Gale and Marvin H. Kosters will respond.
Agenda
9:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:15 Introduction: Eric M. Engen, AEI
Speaker: Emmanuel Saez, Harvard University
Discussants: William Gale, Brookings Institution
Marvin H. Kosters, AEI
Moderator: James K. Glassman, AEI
11:00 Adjournment
AEI Participants

 

Kevin A.
Hassett
  • Before joining AEI, Mr. Hassett was a senior economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and an associate professor of economics and finance at the Graduate School of Business of Columbia University, as well as a policy consultant to the Treasury Department during the George H. W. Bush and Clinton administrations. He served as an economic adviser to the George W. Bush 2004 presidential campaign and as Senator John McCain's chief economic adviser during the 2000 presidential primaries. He also served as a senior economic adviser to the McCain 2008 presidential campaign. Mr. Hassett is a columnist for National Review.

  • Phone: 202-862-7157
    Email: khassett@aei.org

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    Name: Veronika Polakova
    Phone: 202-862-4880
    Email: veronika.polakova@aei.org
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