Economic Policy

Stone Center Junior Scholar and Ph.D. candidate Shou-Ming Chang, who worked as a legislative assistant in the parliament of Taiwan before coming to the Graduate Center, discusses his research, his interests in methods of measuring inequality, and what he learned from his government role.

Hear from two leading economic thinkers about how to solve the complex crisis of affordability.

M. Longmuir. Stone Center Working Paper Series no. 121. 2026.

Celina Su discusses her most recent book, Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities, which examines participatory budgeting, a process through which neighbors gather to discuss proposals for funding projects related to community interests.

J. Mazza. Stone Center Working Paper Series no. 118. 2025.

P. Valetto and I. Marx. Stone Center Working Paper Series no. 116. 2025.

Affiliated Scholar Maximilian Kasy discusses his new book, The Means of Prediction: How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits), which offers a convincing argument for democratic control over AI’s objectives.

Z. Mo, K. Kaeppel, C. Schröder, and L. Yang. Stone Center Working Paper Series no. 115. 2025.

Artificial Intelligence is developing at breakneck speed, causing much anxiety about how our society and daily lives may change in the not-too-distant future. Top of mind for many: jobs. Daron Acemoglu, Paul Krugman, Danielle Li, and Zeynep Tufekci bring the speculation down to earth in a panel moderated by Steven Greenhouse.

F. Disslbacher, M. Haselmayer, L. Lehner, S. Rapp, and F. Windisch. Stone Center Working Paper Series no. 112. 2025.