Inaugural Ed Snider Center Debate on Enterprise and Markets: Inequality, Institutions and Organizations

Should increasing inequality in outcomes within and across nations be of primary concern to business and society today? Does economic progress and growth depend on reducing inequality of outcomes? 

The inaugural Snider Center Debate on Enterprise and Markets will be held on Saturday February 7, 2015, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Moderated by Rajshree Agarwal, the debate will feature guest speakers Yaron Brook, President and Executive Director of The Ayn Rand Institute, and Paul Vaaler, the Mooty Chair in Law and Economics at the University of Minnesota. 

Inequality, within and across nations, is an issue garnering significant attention.  Indeed, the issue of equality in opportunity within the United States dates back to our founding principles. As we move into an ever more globalized economy, inequality of outcomes has added implications for institutional structures, organizations, and individuals. Similar to the Lincoln-Douglas debates, the event will be a lively discussion that engages the audience with an informed and critical assessment of ideas about income inequality and the resulting implications for institutions and organizations. 

About the Snider Center Debates on Enterprise and Markets

The Snider Center Debates are an arena where invited experts engage in reasoned, rational, and respectful discussions that examine all sides of an issue.  Fostering discourse and discussion on big topic issues, the debates illuminate the roles of individuals, business, and social institutions in enterprise and markets and enhance the art of critically analyzing and evaluating information.