Capitalism, Dreams and Nightmares: Have Economists Broken the World?

Seminar with Professor Sir Angus Deaton

Nobel Laureate Sir Angus Deaton will explore how flaws in modern capitalism are impacting society, including rising rates of mortality, despair and economic inequality. Professor Deaton is a leading voice in economics whose research has helped shape our understanding of social determinants of health, poverty and inequality in the U.S. and around the world.

Sir Angus Deaton is a USC Presidential Scholar-in-Residence, a Distinguished Scholar at the USC Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government Service, and a Presidential Professor of Economics at USC Dornsife.