Featured Event

Why Wealth Inequality Matters: A Symposium

Date: January 27, 2026
Time: 1PM - 5PM EST
Location: MIT Samberg Conference Center, Salons M+I (and livestreamed)

Join us for a series of interdisciplinary discussions on wealth inequality – its origins and political philosophy, its national and global contexts, and its connections to authoritarianism – to inform research and policy. This event is organized by the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work.

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Past Events

The Great Debate Over Technology and Prosperity

Date: May 17, 2023
Time: 10AM

Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson at the Brattle Theatre

Date: May 16, 2023
Time: 6PM

Power and Progress Book Preview with Bloomberg Beta

Date: May 5, 2023
Time: 12PM

How Tech Meets Work

Date: May 2, 2023
Time: 12PM

“Fireside Chat” with former Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker

Date: April 14, 2023
Time: 5:15PM - 8PM
Location: Samberg Conference Center, 50 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139

2022 Annual Lucia Lecture

Date: October 19, 2022
Time: 12AM

2022 WIDER Annual Lecture: “In the name of progress: Will technology solve inequality?”

Date: October 7, 2022
Time: 4:15PM

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