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The bulk of economic research on the issue of diversity has been centered on the role of economic and wealth inequality in the global economy. However, one cannot deny the impact of linguistic diversity on economic and political development, as well as on public policies. In spite of the claim that “globalization proceeds in English”, linguistic diversity is a global social phenomenon. On one hand, there are financial costs, communication barriers, divisions in national unity, and, in some extreme cases, conflicts and war, associated with linguistic diversity, on the other hand, there is a growing support for protection of group and an individual identity. In our lecture we will argue that denial or restriction of linguistic rights of various population groups, or so-called linguistic disenfranchisement, could be detrimental for economic growth, political and social development.

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Coordinated by: IRSEI - Institute of Research on Socio-Economic InequalityFaculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education - Université du Luxembourg

The lecture is free, but requires registration by e-mail to : irsei@uni.lu

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Prof. Shlomo Weber Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas and

Center for Study of Diversity and Social Interactions, New Economic School, Moscow, Russia

4 June 20141:00 pm

EIB 98-100 Bd Konrad

Adenauer Luxembourg

Inequality and Diversity