The Impact of Austerity on Mortality and Life Expectancy
Y. Berman and T. Hovland. Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality Working Paper Series. no. 105. 2025.
Are We on the Brink of a New Economic Order?
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.
Postdoc Meredith Slopen to Join Stony Brook University’s School of Social Welfare This Fall
Postdoctoral scholar Meredith Slopen discusses her upcoming position in Stony Brook University’s School of Social Welfare, the current academic and social services job markets, and how to help other researchers who have faced professional upheaval in recent months.
Pushes and Pulls of Father Leave Policy Reform: Unpacking Divergent Father Leave Reforms in the Czech Republic and South Korea
M. Gurín and J. C. Gornick. Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy. pp. 1–19. 2025.
Russell Sage Foundation: Leslie McCall, Visiting Scholar, 2023-2024
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.
Are We on the Brink of a New Economic Order?
A panel of experts discusses today's shifting economic landscape and the possibilities for change.
Paid Sick Leave and the Employment and Employment Intensity of Older Workers
M. Slopen. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 100. 2025.
Measuring Inequality of Opportunity, and the Importance of Childhood Circumstances
Aman Desai, a Ph.D. candidate in economics and a Stone Center Junior Scholar, discusses his working paper "Measuring Income Inequality of Opportunity," and how his interest in engineering and mathematics led him to inequality studies.
Measuring Income Inequality of Opportunity: Accounting for Dynamic Complementarity
A. Desai. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 98. 2024.
The Fraudulence of “Waste, Fraud, and Abuse” – Paul Krugman
In this post, Stone Center Senior Scholar Paul Krugman reintroduces his Substack newsletter. He also discusses parallels between current and past efforts "to bring a business sensibility" to the federal budget, with the goal of eliminating inefficiency.