Economic inequality and environmental degradation are among the greatest policy challenges of our time. Properly understanding global inequality trends and drivers, as well as their interactions with environmental degradation, is key to transit towards sustainable societies.
This course seeks to equip students with the necessary conceptual, analytical and empirical knowledge on the global economic inequality and on its interactions with environmental sustainability to properly understand these issues and act upon them.
The course will largely draw from the most recent research in the field of global economic inequality and in environmental sustainability. The course will largely be based on the World Inequality Report 2018 (Harvard University Press, 2022 and open access online) and Unsustainable inequalities (Harvard University Press, 2020) (see reading list below).
Lucas CHANCEL,Evamaria HAHN
Cours magistral seul
English
Compulsory readings for each class detailed in the syllabus provided to students.
Bachelor level courses in economics, political science and public policy are preferable.
Autumn 2022-2023
Mid-term exam (35%) (short questions based on class material)
Final essay (65%)
The course is based on 12 lectures. Discussions and/or debates are organized in most classes.
Polanyi, K., The Great Transformation, 1944 (http://inctpped.ie.ufrj.br/spiderweb/pdf_4/Great_Transformation.pdf)
Chancel, L., Piketty, T., Saez, E., Zucman, G., World Inequality Report 2022, Harvard University Press, 2022 also available online at wir2022.wid.world