Inequality as a lens on society, the economy, and politics
An eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars will join the Stone Center for two-year appointments that begin in August 2026. Jasmine Simington was selected for the position that focuses on wealth inequality and is affiliated with the GC Wealth Project. Christopher Pulliam was selected for the position that broadly focuses on mobility and poverty.
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GC Wealth Project
Working Paper Series
All the Ginis (ATG) Dataset
Curated Library of Research on Racial Inequality
Our work is data-driven, interdisciplinary, oriented toward policy and institutional change, and addresses questions about inequality throughout the world.
Explore our work by topic:
Income Inequality
Wealth Inequality
Economic Policy
Social/Family Policy
Political Beliefs/Public Opinion
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From the Archives
‘We Can’t Let Go of the Efforts to Understand Why These Changes Are Taking Place’: Francisco Ferreira on the Future of Inequality Studies
In this interview, Francisco Ferreira, director of the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics and a Stone Center Affiliated Scholar, discusses the need for a better data-driven understanding of shifts in the income and wealth distributions, and of the reasons behind these changes.
U.S. Office of LIS
The Stone Center is proud to house the U.S. Office of LIS, the renowned cross-national data center based in Luxembourg. LIS serves an international community of researchers, educators, and policy-makers interested in quantitative research.
The LIS archive includes two primary databases, the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Database, which focuses on income, and the smaller Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS) Database, which focuses on wealth.
Find out more about how the Stone Center works with the LIS team in Luxembourg.
Recent Videos
Hear from two leading economic thinkers about how to solve the complex crisis of affordability.
Branko Milanovic discusses his new book, The Great Global Transformation: National Market Liberalism in a Multipolar World, with Kirsten Sehnbruch at an event hosted by LSE's International Inequalities Institute.
Leslie McCall delivers a keynote address at "The III at 10: New Directions in Inequality Research," a two-day conference celebrating the 10th anniversary of the London School of Economics' International Inequalities Institute.
Branko Milanovic discusses global inequality with host Sanjay Ruparelia, a professor in the Department of Politics & Public Administration and the Jarislowsky Democracy Chair at Toronto Metropolitan University. The event took place on April 24, 2025 in the Toronto Public Library.
Leaders of both political parties are promoting economic and social policies that challenge key tenets of neoliberalism. Where do the parties overlap and diverge, and what are the real prospects for change? Chris Hughes, Leslie McCall, and Dorian T. Warren discuss these issues in a panel moderated by Felicia Wong.
Paul Krugman speaks with Zachary D. Carter, author of an award-winning biography of John Maynard Keynes, the great 20th-century thinker and father of macroeconomics, about what Keynes' life and ideas can teach us about today’s debates over government spending and inequality.
