Russian Economic Challenge 2018

Wed. September 19th, 2018
SKOLKOVO Business School

On September 19-20, 2018, the Carnegie Moscow Center held its third annual Russian Economic Challenge conference, organized by the Carnegie Moscow Center in partnership with the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO. This two-day event was focused on global inequality, the consequences for Russia, and ways to overcome it. 

Speakers

The conference is generously supported by QIWI.

Wed. September 19th, 2018 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST

Day 1 | Video and PPTs

On September 19-20, 2018, the Carnegie Moscow Center held its third annual Russian Economic Challenge conference, organized by the Carnegie Moscow Center in partnership with the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO.

Agenda

Andrei Sharonov: Opening Remarks

Session 1. Inequality: an Issue or an Advantage?

Sergei Guriev: Economic disparity: challenges and questions

Ruben Enikolopov: Inequality: a problem or an advantage?

Marianna Belenkaya: How much inequality will people tolerate? The Arab Spring case study

Marianna Belenkaya’s PPT

Moderator: Andrey Movchan

Session 2. Inequality: Objective Factors

Hervé Boulhol: What are the main challenges in dealing with old-age Inequality in Russia?

Christopher Smart: Inequality in global currency markets

Albert Park: Inequality in China

Moderator: Elena Chirkova

Session 3. Fighting Disparity

Bill Conerly: How contemporary markets can fight inequality

Fedor Sheberstov: Improving education through not-for-profit organizations

Igor Rybakov: How not-for-profit investments and socially responsible entrepreneurship can fight inequality

Moderator: Marat Atnashev

Thu. September 20th, 2018 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST

Day 2 | Video and PPTs

On September 19-20, 2018, the Carnegie Moscow Center held its third annual Russian Economic Challenge conference, organized by the Carnegie Moscow Center in partnership with the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO.

Agenda

Session 1. Inequality: Intentional Inequality

Åsa Hansson: Inequality in developed countries—how good is a “good state”? (the challenges of fighting inequality in the EU and the drawbacks of such efforts)

Filip Novokmet: From communism to capitalism: Inequality and property in Russia in international perspective

Shlomo Weber: Inequality and diversity

Konstantin Sonin: Inequality in Russia

Moderator: Shlomo Weber

Session 2. Russian Score in the Inequality Contest

Kristina Butaeva: How unequal is Russia?

Anton Tabakh: Economic “leveling” in Russia: the example of the Far East

Mikhail Korostikov: Chinese experience in dealing with inequality

Grigoriy Yudin: Growth of global economic inequality, changes in representative democracy, and Rise of the Populist Movements

Moderator: Vita Spivak

Session 3. Power and People

Konstantin Gaaze: Russian state management principles and inequality: how bureaucratic “vertical” and micromanagement produce inequality

Kirill Rogov: Political inequality and economic development—in search of a compromise

Denis Voklov: Nonpolitical reforms and nonpolitical actions: making business more equal

Moderator: Andrei Kolesnikov

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event speakers

Andrey Movchan

Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie Moscow Center

Movchan is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Moscow Center.