{"id":38879,"date":"2020-04-09T10:23:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T14:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=38879"},"modified":"2020-04-09T11:38:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T15:38:33","slug":"gc-cuny-keeps-the-conversation-going-economists-emmanuel-saez-authors-suketu-mehta-gary-shteyngart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2020\/04\/gc-cuny-keeps-the-conversation-going-economists-emmanuel-saez-authors-suketu-mehta-gary-shteyngart.html","title":{"rendered":"<strong>GC CUNY Keeps the Conversation Going:<\/strong>                  <br><em>Economists Emmanuel Saez &#038; Gabriel Zucman; <br>authors Suketu Mehta &#038; Gary Shteyngart<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>While events are postponed at&nbsp;<strong>The Graduate Center of the City University of New York&nbsp;<\/strong>in the heart of Manhattan, videos of recent public programs from its archive will be featured here for your enjoyment. The videos offer illuminating discussions in two main categories: insights into current events and conversations with leading writers and artists<\/em>. &nbsp;<em>(Courtesy of GC CUNY\u2019s Public Programs archive.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"167\" data-attachment-id=\"38692\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/gc-presents-banner-750\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GC-PRESENTS-banner-750.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,167\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GC PRESENTS banner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GC-PRESENTS-banner-750-300x67.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GC-PRESENTS-banner-750.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GC-PRESENTS-banner-750.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GC-PRESENTS-banner-750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GC-PRESENTS-banner-750-300x67.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Economists <strong>Emmanuel Saez<\/strong> and <strong>Gabriel Zucman<\/strong> present their book, <em>The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay,<\/em>  and discuss their conclusions with <strong>Lily Batchelder<\/strong>, NYU law professor and former deputy director of President Obama\u2019s National Economic Council, and <strong>Paul Krugman<\/strong>, Nobel Prize\u2013winning economist, New York Times columnist, and distinguished professor at The Graduate Center. <strong>Janet Gornick<\/strong>, professor of political science and sociology and director of the Stone Center at the GC, moderates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Triumph of Injustice\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QIv0xTPWZOo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><em>Presented on October 23, 2019, with the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality. Part of the series \u201cThe Promise and Perils of Democracy.\u201d<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In &#8220;Migrations: Rewriting America,&#8221; <strong>Suketu Mehta<\/strong>, author of <em>This Land Is Their Land,<\/em> and <strong>Gary Shteyngart<\/strong>, author of <em>Lake Success,<\/em> talk about how American culture is constantly being remade by immigrants in an entertaining and illuminating discussion with leading scholars <strong>Nancy Foner<\/strong> and <strong>Philip Kasinitz<\/strong>. Foner is a distinguished professor of sociology at The Graduate Center and Hunter College; Kasinitz is a presidential professor of sociology at The Graduate Center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Migrations: Rewriting America\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fJoNKcOVwJg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><em>Presented on April 1, 2019, with Carnegie Hall as part of the citywide festival Migrations: The Making of America.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Previously:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2020\/04\/gc-cuny-keeps-the-conversation-going-roxane-gay-and-katia-d-ulysse.html\">Roxane Gay and Katia D. 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