Federalist Society Student Symposium: Innovation And Inequality

We are in an age of accelerating technology but many fear we are also in an age of growing inequality. Does the fast pace of innovation pose a threat to social stability? Many fear that machines will take away jobs from the less skilled and extend the reach of superstars, thus deepening inequality. This panel will address the dangers of innovation to employment and equality and what, if anything, the government should do about it.

• Prof. Richard Epstein, NYU School of Law & University of Chicago Law School
• Ms. Beth Kregor, Director of the Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Law School
• Prof. John McGinnis, Northwestern University School of Law
• Moderator: Hon. Frank Easterbrook, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit & University of Chicago Law School

This program was presented on February 21, 2015, as part of the 2015 Federalist Society National Student Symposium.