Income Inequality

Why is capital so concentrated and why do so few have it? Stone Center Senior Scholar and GC CUNY Research Professor Branko Milanovic discusses capital income and how it functions under new capitalism in this final post of his three-part series.

Are all class-based societies unequal? Stone Center Senior Scholar and GC CUNY Research Professor Branko Milanovic discusses the differences between compositional and income inequality in this blog post, the second in a three-part series.

The richest capitalists and richest workers are increasingly the same people, Stone Center Senior Scholar and GC CUNY Research Professor Branko Milanovic explains in this blog post, the first in a three-part series.

A panel of experts helps us understand the complex realities of China today.

Part II of Stone Center Senior Scholar Paul Krugman’s series “Understanding Inequality,” which originally appeared on his Substack newsletter.

Branko Milanovic discusses global inequality with host Sanjay Ruparelia, a professor in the Department of Politics & Public Administration and the Jarislowsky Democracy Chair at Toronto Metropolitan University. The event took place on April 24, 2025 in the Toronto Public Library.

F. Colcerasa, L. Giammei, and F. Subioli. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 104. 2025.

Swapnil Landge, a Ph.D. candidate in economics at the Graduate Center and a Stone Center Junior Scholar, discusses his research goals, his interest in inequality, and what led him to investigate the intangible transfers of skills between parents and children.

Stone Center Postdoctoral Scholar Zhexun Mo discusses two recent papers he contributed to the Stone Center Working Paper Series that focus on perceptions of inequality and redistribution in China.

A. Desai. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 98. 2024.