Stone Center Seminars and Lectures

The Stone Center's seminars and lectures serve as a collaborative hub for the UC Berkeley community, bringing together expertise from the Department of Economics, the Berkeley School of Law, and across the Social Sciences Division. By fostering dialogue between diverse campus units, these sessions—ranging from our 'Taxing the Rich" series to the Stone Annual Lecture—tackle the multi-faceted nature of wealth and inequality. 

Stone Lecture

The Stone Center's Annual Lecture Series features leading economists and policy experts who are shaping the global conversation on inequality. These flagship events bring world-class research to the public, exploring cutting-edge insights on wealth distribution, economic policy, and social justice. Open to all, our lectures connect rigorous academic scholarship with the pressing economic challenges of our time. Watch recordings of the previous Stone Lectures below.

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The Billionaire Tax: A (Modest) Proposal for the 21st Century (2025)
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The Gender of Capital (2024)
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Slouching Towards Utopia (2023)
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Global wealth, gender and carbon injustice (2022)

Tax the Rich Seminars

Click here to learn more about our previous "Tax the Rich" seminars.