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Visiting Researcher Jakob Dirksen on Measuring Multidimensional Inequalities in the U.S. and Perceptions of Inequality
Jakob Dirksen, a visiting researcher at the Stone Center who is based at the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford, discusses his current projects and research goals.
Stone Center Scholars Contribute to Meeting of International Panel on Inequality Founding Committee
Stone Center Director Janet Gornick and GC Wealth Project Director Salvatore Morelli took part in a recent meeting of the International Panel on Inequality Founding Committee, an international group of experts and officials who are seeking to establish a permanent global panel to fight inequality.
Excerpt from “The Great Global Transformation” by Branko Milanovic
An excerpt from Branko Milanovic's book, The Great Global Transformation: National Market Liberalism in a Multipolar World. The book examines how the greatest changes in global incomes — the creation of a new upper class in China, and the decline of the middle class in the U.S. — since the Industrial Revolution are likely to influence the global economy in the next century.
Saving Elephants and Fighting Carbon Credit Fraud: Environmental Lawyer Jim Riungu
Stone Center Junior Scholar and John Jay College of Criminal Justice Ph.D. Candidate Jim Riungu discusses his work as an environmental lawyer and the need for more research on areas of environmental criminology in the Global South.