Income Composition Inequality
M. Ranaldi. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 07. 2020.
Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future
P. Krugman. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. 2020.
Analysis: Which Americans Shouldn’t Get Government Aid?
In his New York Times newsletter, Paul Krugman discusses the political debate over who should and who shouldn’t receive government aid.
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.
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.
Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World
B. Milanovic. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press. 2019.
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.
Student Spotlight: Chuxin Liu
Our research assistant Chuxin Lui discusses what sparked her interest in studying economics and inequality.
Leslie McCall on Inequality and Public Opinion
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.