Redistribution

In this research spotlight, a study by Janet Gornick and colleagues focuses attention on a seldom-discussed axis of inequality in the US: variation in social safety net policies across states.

In his New York Times newsletter, Paul Krugman discusses the political debate over who should and who shouldn’t receive government aid.

In The Economist, Miles Corak weighs in on some of Canada's economic challenges for sustaining its middle class.

In his weekly newsletter for The New York Times, Paul Krugman discusses why we should be discussing the economic super elite.

In this video, Leslie McCall and other experts discuss why capitalism is failing to generate shared prosperity and what can be done.

D. Bloome, D. Burk, and L. McCall. American Journal of Sociology. vol. 124, no. 5. 2019.

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.

The Stone Center served as host of the Seventh Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ). Watch the featured keynote lectures.

J.C. Gornick and T.M. Smeeding. Annual Review of Sociology. vol. 44. pp. 441-468. 2018.

As a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. tax code goes into effect, experts with different points of view discuss its implications and ways of redesigning our current system to benefit all.