Lectures and Speeches

In this presentation, Miles Corak describes how the advantages and disadvantages of family background are passed down from one generation to the next, perpetuating inequality.

In this presentation, Paul Krugman analyses the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and the form of inequality that the U.S. is currently experiencing.

In this presentation, Ruth Milkman offers an overview of inequality as it relates to the U.S. labor movement.

In this presentation, Michael Kraus examines the social psychological underpinnings of beliefs about inequality and related policy preferences.

In this presentation, Leslie McCall critically examines common assumptions underlying how Americans think about issues of economic inequality and related policies to reduce inequality.

In this lecture, Leslie McCall presents a framework for understanding how, in the United States, public opinions about inequality, economic opportunity, and redistribution are related to one another in ways that are at odds with key tenets of American exceptionalism.

In this IIPP video, Branko Milanovic discusses the current evolution in global income inequality.

The Stone Center served as host of the Seventh Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ). Watch the featured keynote lectures.

In this video, Kathryn Edin explains her work with the next generation of working-class men.

In the Second Annual Stone Lecture on Wealth Inequality, Edward N. Wolff discusses the interplay between wealth and income in America.