Pranab Bardhan on Inequality, Labour and Social Democracy | Ashok Kotwal Memorial Lecture 2023

The Ashok Kotwal Memorial Lecture was instituted in 2022, as an annual lecture on key issues of development, in memory of our founding Editor-in-Chief. On 30 November 2023, for its second edition, I4I hosted Pranab K. Bardhan who gave a public lecture in New Delhi on 'Inequality, Labour and Social Democracy’. A video recording of the lecture has been made available here:
Prof. Bardhan remembers Ashok Kotwal - 8:50 - 13:40
Globally declining labour share - 13:40 - 16:34
Role of trade unions and labour regulation - 16:34 - 22:42
Factors contributing to labour fragmentation - 22:42 - 29:47
Bridging the gap and strengthening labour movements - 29:47 - 45:41
Effect of financial globalization and capital concentration - 45:41 - 51:56
Labour market monopsony in India and worldwide - 51:56 - 56:42
Anti-trust policy and taxation of capital - 56:42 - 1:05:26
Labour voice in governance and innovation - 1:05:26 - 1:13:15
The goal of social democracy - 1:13:15 - 1:17:51
Audience Q&A - 1:17:51 - 1:39:56