Income Inequality

G. Alfani. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 23. 2020.

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.

In this interview, Nora Lustig discusses the importance of accurately assessing the very top of the income and wealth distributions when analyzing inequality.

In this presentation, Lane Kenworthy offers an overview of trends in several measures of income inequality across a set of 21 rich democracies.

In this presentation, Branko Milanovic presents an overview of trends in global income inequality, both between and within countries, from the early 1800s to the present.

J. C. Gornick, B. Milanovic, and N. Johnson. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 20. Revised 2021.

B. Milanovic. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 18. 2020.

R. V. Burkhauser, N. Hérault, S. P. Jenkins, and R. Wilkins. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 17. 2020.

N. Yonzan. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 15. 2020.

In this interview, Janet Gornick discusses how the size of the middle class in the United States and other rich countries has shifted in recent decades, and the implications for inequality.