Twice a year, the Department of Economics sponsors this lecture series as a way to deepen Dartmouth students' understanding of the role of inequality, discrimination, and opportunity in society and to highlight how economics can increase our understanding of these phenomena and inform policy responses.

Past lectures:

Desmond Ang - The Causes and Consequences of Discrimination: Lessons from (and for) Economics

• Public lecture occured on May 6, 2025 (video recording, lecture slides)

Felipe Valencia Caicedo - Origins of Latin American Inequality

• Public lecture occured on October, 28, 2024 (video recording, lecture slides)

Jhacova Williams - The Legacy of Southern Racism on Current Economic and Political Outcomes of Black Americans

• Public lecture occured on April 15, 2024 (video recording, lecture slides)

William M. Rodgers III - Cases for Economic Equity

• Public lecture occured on October 17, 2023 (video recording, lecture slides)
  NOTE: This Presentation is for informational purposes only and represents the views of the individual speaker. Nothing in the Presentation is binding on any Federal Reserve Bank or the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Raj Chetty - Creating Equality of Opportunity in America: New Insights from Big Data

• Public lecture occurred on May 8, 2023 (video recording, lecture slides)

William E. Spriggs - Why Economists Model Race and Discrimination Incorrectly

• Public lecture occurred on October 18, 2022 (video recording, lecture slides)

Trevon D. Logan - The Sins of Economic History

• Public lecture occurred on May 18, 2022 (video recording)

Nina Banks - Sadie Alexander: Race, Historical Memory and Black Liberation

• Public lecture occurred on October 14, 2021 (video recording)

Rucker C. Johnson - Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works

• Public Webinar occurred on May 20, 2021