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III Annual Conference 2016

An international gathering to discuss inequality held at Friends House, London. 

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Harriet's Legacy: Navigating Intersectionality in the Age of Post-Racialism

Harriet's Legacy: Navigating Intersectionality in the Age of Post-Racialism Harriet's Legacy: Navigating Intersectionality in the Age of Post-Racialism

Speakers:

- Prof Kimberlé Crenshaw (UCLA and Columbia School of Law)
- Prof Nicola Lacey (LSE)
- Prof Kim Weeden (Cornell Univ)

Income and wealth inequality: what do we learn from multiple data sources?

Income and wealth inequality: what do we learn from multiple data sources? Income and wealth inequality: what do we learn from multiple data sources?

Speakers:

- Prof Stephen Jenkins (LSE)
- Dr Facundo Alvaredo (Paris School of Economics and Oxford University)

Presentations by PhD students from the III with Thomas Piketty and Professor Mike Savage

Presentations by PhD students from the III Presentations by PhD students from the III

Speakers:

- Katharina Hecht: Social comparisons and perceptions of top incomes and wealth
- Sutanuka Roy: Education and caste in India: an experiment 
- Rebecca Simson: Public employment and inequality in Kenya and Tanzania since Independence

New reflections about inequality & capital in the 21st century

New reflections about inequality & capital in the 21st century New reflections about inequality & capital in the 21st century

Speakers:

- Prof Thomas Piketty (LSE Visiting Professor, Paris HSE)
- Discussants: Prof Murray Leibbrandt (University of Cape Town)
- Prof Catherine Boone (LSE)

Taxing the rich

Taxing the rich Taxing the rich

Speaker: Prof John Hills (LSE International Inequalities Institute)

Discussants:
- Deborah Hargreaves (High Pay Centre)
- Prof David Soskice (LSE)