The Institute for Research on Poverty welcomes two important figures to UW0Madison to present seminars on May 4 and May 13.
On May 4, scholar, journalist and author Richard Longworth will describe how globalization has gutted Midwestern industries and way of life and plot a strategy for recovery during a seminar, 'Caught in the Middle.'
Longworth, senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a former Chicago Tribune correspondent and author of Caught in the Middle: America’s Heartland in the Age of Globalism, will discuss how his arguments would affect the poor. The seminar will be held 4:00-5:30 pm in the Pyle Center’s Alumni Lounge.
Donald Nichols, Longworth’s respondent, is professor emeritus of public affairs and economics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and longtime modeler of the Wisconsin economy.
On May 13, 4:00-5:30 pm, economist Richard Blundell will examine how changes in income inequality affect changes in consumption (spending) inequality and what this tells us about the transmission of inequality.
Blundell, professor of economics at University College London and research director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies will examine 'From Income to Consumption: Understanding the Transmission of Inequality' in the Fluno Center’s Howard Auditorium.