JOAN MUYSKEN LECTURE

The Profit Paradox

 

TUE 8 OCTOBER, 20:00

Auditorium Minderbroedersberg 4-6

 

Prof. Jan Eeckhout

ICREA Research Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona

Since 1980, the world economy has been undergoing a fundamental transformation. Profits and stock valuations of dominant firms are growing faster than ever, seemingly a sign of economic growth and progress. At the same time, we see that wages for production and service workers are stagnating, that labor dynamism and labor participation are falling, and that the number of startup companies is decreasing. The Profit Paradox asks what is going on in the global economy. In this lecture, Jan Eeckhout will explore this question with you.

Jan Eeckhout is the ICREA Research Professor at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona and has taught at University of Pennsylvania, University College London, Princeton, and New York University.  ICREA, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, is a foundation supported by the Catalan Government and guided by a Board of Trustees. His work has been widely featured in the media, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, and Financial Times

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This lecture is organised by the School of Business and Economics (SBE) and Studium Generale. The Joan Muysken Lecture has been named after Joan Muysken, SBE’s first professor of macroeconomics (1984-2014), who was the founding father of the department of economics at SBE.