Foreword
THOMAS M. HOENIG
President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

The Contributors

Symposium Summary

Opening Remarks
ALAN GREENSPAN
Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

The Distribution of Income in Industrialized Countries
A.B. ATKINSON, Warden
Nuffield College, Oxford University

Commentary
LAWRENCE F. KATZ, Professor
Harvard University

Commentary
IGNAZIO VISCO, Head
Economics Department, OECD

General Discussion

Causes of Changing Earnings Inequality
DENNIS J. SNOWER,
Professor
Birbeck College, University of London

Commentary
ROBERT Z. LAWRENCE
Professor
Harvard University

Commentary
KEVIN MURPHY
Professor
University of Chicago

General Discussion

Monetary Policy and the Well-Being of the Poor
CHRISTINA D. ROMER
Professor
University of California, Berkeley

DAVID H. ROMER
Professor
University of California, Berkeley

Commentary
ALAN S. BLINDER
Professor
Princeton University

General Discussion

Economic Consequences of Income Inequality
JASON FURMAN
JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ
Senior Vice President
The World Bank

Commentary
HORST SIEBERT
President
Kiel Institute of World Economics

General Discussion

How Can Economic Policy Strike A Balance Between Economic Efficiency and Income Equality?
ASSAR LINDBECK
Professor
Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University

Commentary
LAURA D'ANDREA TYSON
Dean
Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

General Discussion

Overview Panelists

MARTIN FELDSTEIN
President
National Bureau of Economic Research

MERVYN KING
Deputy Governor
Governor, Bank of England

General Discussion

The Participants