Political Beliefs/Public Opinion

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

An essay from Branko Milanovic's latest book, The World Under Capitalism: Observations on Economics Politics, History, and Culture, a collection of his writing from the last decade.

Leaders of both political parties are promoting economic and social policies that challenge key tenets of neoliberalism. Where do the parties overlap and diverge, and what are the real prospects for change? Chris Hughes, Leslie McCall, and Dorian T. Warren discuss these issues in a panel moderated by Felicia Wong.

Philip Cohen, a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland and the founding director of the open platform SocArXiv, talks about his new book, Citizen Scholar, a guide for researchers who want to engage with the public and balance their professional and activist goals.

Paul Krugman speaks with Zachary D. Carter, author of an award-winning biography of John Maynard Keynes, the great 20th-century thinker and father of macroeconomics, about what Keynes' life and ideas can teach us about today’s debates over government spending and inequality.

Stone Center associate director Leslie McCall speaks with Matías Bargsted of COES (Centro de Estudios de Conflicto y Cohesión Social) in connection with her presentation at the COES tenth international conference.

Leslie McCall, associate director of the Stone Center and Presidential Professor of Sociology and Political Science, discusses public opinion about inequality, wages, and related economic and policy issues in a video for the Russell Sage Foundation, where she was a 2023–2024 visiting scholar.

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 panel of experts discusses today's shifting economic landscape and the possibilities for change.

M. Belguise, N. Y. Chen, Y. Huang, and Z. Mo. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 97. 2024.