Energy Symposium: The Rosenfeld Effect - Session Two
The "Rosenfeld Effect" Energy Symposium discussed the role of increased energy efficiency in California, in China, and on a global scale; the intersection of energy and safe drinking water in the developing world; the twin challenges of mitigating climate change and sustaining orderly markets in fluid fuels; how to turn good science into good politics; and defining, predicting, and coping with global warming. This seesion features Mark Levine - Director, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, LBNL; Ashok Gadgil - Senior Staff Scientist and Group Leader, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, LBNL & Adjunct Professor, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley. [events] [glopubaffairs] [scitech] ...
Rebecca M. Blank is the Robert S. Kerr Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and former dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and co-director of the National Poverty Center. Dr. Blanks research has focused on the interaction between the macroeconomy, government anti-poverty programs, and the behavior and well-being of low-income families.
Economic inequality in the United States is large by any measure. In part this reflects the structure of U.S. labor markets, but inequities in individual labor market outcomes are magnified by family formation and by patterns of wealth-holding. Can existing patterns of inequality be altered? This talk will discuss a conceptual framework for thinking about mechanisms to alter inequality, and the evidence to support different approaches.
Panelists:
- Dr. Rebecca M. Blank, Brookings Institution
- Lee Friedman, Professor of Public Policy
- Mike Hout, Professor of Sociology
- Steven Raphael, Interim Dean and Professor of Public Policy
- Robert Reich, Professor of Public Policy
Hosted by Robert Hass and University Librarian Thomas C. Leonard, the kickoff features distinguished new members of the English Department faculty introducing and reading a favorite poem. This years participants: Melanie Abrams, C. D. Blanton, Vikram Chandra, Eric Falci, Mark Goble, David Landreth, Namwali Serpell, and Emily Thornbury.
http://lunchpoems.berkeley.edu/