Analysis: The Clash of Capitalisms — The Real Fight for the Global Economy’s Future
In Foreign Affairs, Branko Milanovic discusses the U.S. and China's competing brands of capitalism and what it means for future inequality.
Couples with (Economic) Benefits
In this spotlight on data, Leslie McCall discusses how marriage and cohabitation — relative to being single — affect where men and women fall along the income distribution.
Panel: The Triumph of Injustice
In this video, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman discuss their recent book and why the United States needs to increase wealth taxes to combat inequality.
The Decline of Income in the Bottom Half of the United States
In this blog post, Nishant Yonzan looks at three definitions of income and finds they all show significant drops in prosperity for the bottom 50 percent.
Extreme Wealth Inequality Is Pernicious
In this interview, Salvatore Morelli explains why wealth inequality is in some ways a more dangerous threat than income inequality.
The New Yorker: The Rich Can’t Get Richer Forever, Can They?
Branko Milanovic's global inequality research is featured in this article on the predictability of inequality cycles.
The Economist: Redistribution and Innovation Drive Canada’s Changing Economy
In The Economist, Miles Corak weighs in on some of Canada's economic challenges for sustaining its middle class.
Branko Milanovic named Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics
His three-year honorary appointment will help to strengthen ties between the Stone Center and LSE’s International Inequalities Institute.
Analysis: The Damaging Power of the .01 Percent
In his weekly newsletter for The New York Times, Paul Krugman discusses why we should be discussing the economic super elite.
Panel: Can Capitalism and Democracy Coexist?
In this video, Leslie McCall and other experts discuss why capitalism is failing to generate shared prosperity and what can be done.