#  The Stone Lectures in Economic Inequality 

 



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The annual James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Lecture is designed to bring greater awareness to wealth concentration and the broader problems of inequality. Thomas Piketty delivered the inaugural Stone Lecture on March 30, 2018 in a talk titled "Rising Inequality and the Changing Structure of Political Conflict" at Harvard Kennedy School’s John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum. Emmanuel Saez presented the 2019 James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Lecture in Economic Inequality, "The Triumph of Injustice," on October 28, 2019. Joseph Stiglitz delivered the third Stone Lecture in Economic Inequality in conversation with David Autor on March 28, 2022 in the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum. On September 17, 2024, Daron Acemoglu delivered the fourth Stone Lecture in Economic Inequality with a presentation of "Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle over Technology and Prosperity." Lina Khan delivered the 2025 Stone Lecture in Economic Inequality on Thursday, October 16, in the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.

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##  Past Stone Lectures 

 



  [### 2025 Stone Lecture in Economic Inequality: Lina Khan

 ](/event/2025-stone-lecture-economic-inequality-lina-khan)October 16, 2025

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 6:00PM - 7:00PM EDT 

 

 

   [### 2024 Stone Lecture in Economic Inequality: Daron Acemoglu

 ](/event/2024-stone-lecture-economic-inequality)September 17, 2024

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 6:00PM - 7:00PM EDT 

 

 

   [### 2022 Stone Lecture in Economic Inequality: Joseph Stiglitz

 ](/event/stone-lecture-economic-inequality)March 28, 2022

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 6:00PM - 7:00PM EDT 

 

 

   [### 2019 Stone Lecture in Economic Inequality: Emmanuel Saez

 ](/event/emmanuel-saez-triumph-injustice)October 28, 2019

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 4:30PM - 6:00PM EDT 

 

 

   [### 2018 Stone Lecture in Economic Inequality: Thomas Piketty

 ](/event/thomas-piketty-rising-inequality-and-changing-structure-political-conflict)March 30, 2018

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 4:00PM - 5:15PM EDT 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

  [### EVENTS

 ](/events)[5 Big Ideas in Inequality - Videos](/5-big-ideas-inequality-series-2020-2021 "5 Big Ideas in Inequality Series: Videos")

[THE STONE LECTURES](/stone-lectures-economic-inequality "The Stone Lectures in Economic Inequality")

[About James M. Stone and Cathleen D. Stone](/about-james-m-and-cathleen-d-stone "About James M. Stone and Cathleen D. Stone")



 

  [### THE STONE LECTURES

 ](/stone-lectures-economic-inequality)[Emmanuel Saez: The Triumph of Injustice](/2019-stone-lecture-emmanuel-saez "The 2019 Stone Lecture in Economic Inequality: Emmanuel Saez")

[Thomas Piketty: Rising Inequality and the Changing Structure of Political Conflict](/inaugural-stone-lecture-economic-inequality-thomas-piketty "The Inaugural Stone Lecture in Economic Inequality: Thomas Piketty")