Agenda
Session 1. Inequality: Intentional Inequality
Åsa Hansson: Inequality in developed countries—how good is a “good state”? (the challenges of fighting inequality in the EU and the drawbacks of such efforts)
Filip Novokmet: From communism to capitalism: Inequality and property in Russia in international perspective
Shlomo Weber: Inequality and diversity
Konstantin Sonin: Inequality in Russia
Moderator: Shlomo Weber
Session 2. Russian Score in the Inequality Contest
Kristina Butaeva: How unequal is Russia?
Anton Tabakh: Economic “leveling” in Russia: the example of the Far East
Mikhail Korostikov: Chinese experience in dealing with inequality
Grigoriy Yudin: Growth of global economic inequality, changes in representative democracy, and Rise of the Populist Movements
Moderator: Vita Spivak
Session 3. Power and People
Konstantin Gaaze: Russian state management principles and inequality: how bureaucratic “vertical” and micromanagement produce inequality
Kirill Rogov: Political inequality and economic development—in search of a compromise
Denis Voklov: Nonpolitical reforms and nonpolitical actions: making business more equal
Moderator: Andrei Kolesnikov