Squeezed and Angry: How to Fix the Middle-Class Crisis

January 18, 2017 09:00

Poor employment prospects and low-income growth in many developed economies have laid the groundwork for the rise of populism. Did policy-makers ignore these trends or do too little to redress them? What can be done to restore growth in the middle class and confidence in the future?

This session was developed in partnership with Bloomberg.

This session will be livestreamed on TopLink and the Forum website. Please arrive 15 minutes early, as the doors will be closed at the scheduled time.

Speakers:

Ray Dalio

Founder, Dalio Family Office

Francine Lacqua

Editor-at-Large and Presenter, Bloomberg Television

Christine Lagarde

President, European Central Bank

Henrique Meirelles

State Secretary of Finance and Planning of the State of São Paulo, Secretariat of Finance and Planning of the State of São Paulo

Pier Carlo Padoan

Chairman of the Board of Directors, UniCredit

Lawrence H. Summers

Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard Kennedy School of Government