Emannuel Saez inaugurated the Roman Family Directorship with a Director's Lecture at which he summarized key empirical findings from a global database on top income and wealth shares spanning more than a century. An economist at the University of California, Berkeley, who helped compile the database. Saez focused on the role of techonology, government regulations, and tax policy as drivers of inequaity. Professors Kevin Murphy (Economics) and William Sewell (Political Science, History) joined as discussants.

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The World Inequality Database, a project co-directed by Emmanuel Saez compiling data on the global distribution of income and wealth

“Income and Wealth Inequality: Evidence and Policy Implications” (Emmnanuel Saez, Contemporary Economic Policy, October 14, 2016)