Will the rich get richer and the poor get poorer? Discussion following the screening of CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Tuesday, September 8 | 18:00 | Kino Muza, screening room #1

Will the rich get richer and the poor get poorer? Discussion following the screening of CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Language: Polish

How high is Poland’s inequality index compared to other countries? How much of the GDP do the top 10% of earners get and is that a lot? Is inequality always unjust? According to Thomas Piketty, “inequality in itself is not necessarily wrong, but its motivations and justifications remain a fundamental issue”. We’re going to discuss the distribution of wealth in Poland and the development and consequences of income inequality with Bartosz Totleben, PhD, of the Poznań University of Economics and Business.

Guest:

Bartosz Totleben, PhD — economist specializing in political and institutional economics. Adjunct of the Department of Macroeconomics and Development Studies at the Poznań University of Economics and Business. Author and co-author of a number of scientific publications on macroeconomics and the institutional factors affecting state functioning.

Moderator:

Maciej Pietrzak — film scholar, Adjunct of the Institute of Film, Media, and Audiovisual Arts at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Scholarship attendee of the POLIN Meeting Point and Polish-Israeli Youth Exchange programs organized by the Museum of the History of Polish Jews. Coordinator at the Audiovisual Documentation Centre of the Adam Mickiewicz University. Member of the editorial team of Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication. Film club lecturer and author of lesson plans. Teaches a number of film culture classes at Adam Mickiewicz University.