Milanovic on Income Inequality, Part 2: Ricardo and Marx
In this lecture, Branko Milanovic discusses income inequality in the work of David Ricardo and Karl Marx.
Economic Recovery for Whom?
An expert panel will discuss the long road to economic recovery ahead.
Drawing a Line: Comparing the Estimation of Top Incomes Between Tax Data and Household Survey Data
N. Yonzan, B. Milanovic, S. Morelli, and J. Gornick. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 27. 2020.
Is Inclusive Growth an Oxymoron?
In this commentary, originally posted on the World Bank’s Let’s Talk Development blog, Pinelopi Goldberg of Yale University discusses why reducing inequality may be essential for growth.
What Do the Recent Survey of Consumer Finances Data Show about the Recovery from the 2008 Crisis?
In this blog post, Arthur B. Kennickell, the former director of the SCF, uses the latest data to step beyond the usual summary statistics to chart the changes in wealth and income, revealing important distributional shifts.
CUNY TV: Janet Gornick on Pandemic Economics
Janet Gornick talks about economics and poverty in a time of COVID-19 on CUNY TV.
The Wage Curve Across the Wealth Distribution
R. Iacono and M. Ranaldi. Economics Letters. vol. 196. 2020.
Milanovic on Income Inequality, Part 1: Quesnay and Smith
In this lecture, Branko Milanovic presents how the classical writers François Quesnay and Adam Smith discussed inequality and how their discussion may be interpreted in the terms of interpersonal inequality.
Change: Work in 2020 and Beyond
An expert panel will discuss workforce policy given the challenges of 2020 and beyond.
How Intergenerational Mobility Declined After 1980, When Inequality Soared
In this interview, Bhash Mazumder discusses his work on intergenerational mobility, why the subject is so difficult to study, and how race factors into mobility and inequality.