The History of the 1%: From Venice to Wall Street

发布日期:2016-11-16 09:42    来源:北京大学国家发展研究院

The History of the 1%: From Venice to Wall Street

Presenter: Daniel Trefler

主讲人:Daniel Trefler

Timing: November 16, 2016, 10:30-12:00 am

时间:2016年11月16日10:30-12:00

Address:Zhifuxuan (致福轩) Classroom, National School of Development, Peking University

地点:北京大学国家发展研究院致福轩教室

【Abstract摘要】

Throughout history there is a battle between innovators — who increase their power by creating new products of value for society — versus encumbents — how use their power to influence government into changing laws to further enrich the rich. In this battle, it is the poor who suffer most: inequality rises and social stratification based on race, sex and other characteristics worsens.  Trefler tracks these changes in medieval Venice and today’s United States.

【Introduction of presenter主讲人简介】

 Daniel Trefler is the J. Douglas and Ruth Canada Research Chair in Competitiveness and Prosperity at the Rotman School of Management and a Senior Research Fellow at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Studies.

Professor Trefler is an internationally respected trade economist, known for his path-breaking contributions to fundamental research. This research has been instrumental in the design and pursuit of trade agreements that promote productivity, innovation and investment while minimizing the harmful effects on workers and the most disadvantaged. In recent years he has advised Global Affairs Canada on national policies towards foreign direct investment and helped to frame the document that launched the Canada-EU trade agreement.

The importance and influence of Professor Trefler’s work has been recognized through numerous distinctions including the 2016 Killam Prize in Social Sciences (Canada’s ‘Nobel Prize’), the 2016 Bank of Canada Fellowship Award, a Canada Research Chair, and all three major awards of the Canadian Economics Association.


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