Economy
Lawrence Katz
Educational Technology and Inequality
An economics professor at Harvard University and a prominent labor economist from the United States.
Lesson Plan
- Lesson Length : 14 Lessons ㆍ 1 hours 21 miutes
- Language : 한국어, English
From the perspective of labor economics, we’ll find the basis and exit of inequality.
Inequality has long become a topic of economic discourse in the 21st century. While the income gap between the top 1% and the bottom 50% is widening, measures such as tax policy conversion or introducing progressive tax are being discussed to reduce poverty and inequality. However, Harvard economics professor Lawrence Katz warns that the government shouldn’t only focus on the top 1%. He points out that there is a limit to wealth redistribution alone. He also argues that in order to reduce economic polarization, the government should find in the history of inequality the root cause that broke down the ladder of class mobility and come up with a solution.
Professor Lawrence Katz, a distinguished scholar of labor economics wishes to closely analyze the evolutionary process of inequality through the framework of education and technology. If you take a look at how evolving technology affects the labor market, you will naturally face the changes in education, which will, then, show you show polarization is worsened. If you follow the changes in education and technology that have led to turning points in inequality for decades, you will realize what it is that our society needs right now.
Full Bio
Lawrence Katz
- An economic professor at Harvard University
- A researcher at the National Bureau of Economic Research
- A director at MDRC (Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation)
- A director at J-PAL North America (a global research center working to reduce poverty)
- Served on the Panel of Economic Advisers of the Congressional Budget Office (2004~2016)
- A fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Econometric Society
- Served as the chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor (1993~1994)
Lawrence Katz is a professor of economics at Harvard University and a researcher at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a labor economist who has studied social issues such as inequality and poverty. He drew attention to unraveling the history of economic inequality in the United States through educational advances and technological developments in his book, k, The Race Between Education and Technology. He also served as the U.S. Department of Labor's Chief Economist in the Clinton administration and led the 20-year long-term social program "Moving to Opportunity," studying the impacts and solutions of poverty on low-income families as the principal investigator.
Lawrence Katz, who constantly explored the root causes of steep economic polarization through various social experiments and research, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Econometric Society, and the Society of Labor Economists. He also serves as a director at research organizations, J-PAL North America and MDRC, that study the problems of poverty and inequality and explore solutions.
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