Upon receiving the Nobel Prize in Economics on December 10,
2007, Eric S. Maskin, Albert O. Hirschman Professor in the School
of Social Science, became the fifth Faculty member––following
Albert Einstein, Tsung-Dao Lee, Chen Ning Yang, and Frank...
In the public lecture “Why Haven’t Global Markets Reduced
Inequality?” Eric Maskin, Albert O. Hirschman Professor in the
School of Social Science, asks: Why does inequality persist between
rich and poor in developing countries? The theory of...
