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  • Wealth and Power. Paul Krugman, Understanding Inequality: Part VI

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

  • A Trumpian Diversion. Paul Krugman, Understanding Inequality: Part III

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

  • Salvatore Morelli on the Rising Importance of Inheritance and How to Curb Its Negative Effects

    Salvatore Morelli, whose research was cited by The Economist in a recent article on the “return of inheritocracy,” discusses the surge in inherited wealth, what this means for wealth inequality, and potential solutions for the negative effects of the ongoing Great Wealth Transfer.

  • Enforcing Colonial Rule: Blood Tax and Head Tax in French West Africa

    D. Cogneau and Z. Mo. Stone Center Working Paper. no. 96. Revised 2025.

  • Adaptive Maximization of Social Welfare

    N. Cesa-Bianchi, R. Colomboni, and M. Kasy. Stone Center Working Paper. no. 89. 2024.

  • The Gender (Tax) Gap in Parental Transfers. Evidence from Administrative Inheritance and Gift Tax Data

    D. Tisch and M. Schechtl. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 68. 2023.

  • When Rich Democracies Exacerbate Poverty: Manuel Schechtl on Fiscal Impoverishment

    In this interview, Stone Center postdoctoral scholar Manuel Schechtl discusses his research interests and his working paper on fiscal impoverishment, a new framework in comparative poverty research.

  • Poverty Reduction Through Federal and State Policy Mechanisms: Variation Over Time and Across the U.S. States

    S. K. Bruch, J. van der Naald, and J. C. Gornick. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 56. 2022.

  • Drawing a Line: Comparing the Estimation of Top Incomes Between Tax Data and Household Survey Data

    N. Yonzan, B. Milanovic, S. Morelli, and J. Gornick. The Journal of Economic Inequality. vol. 20, pp. 67–95. 2022.

  • Salvatore Morelli at Visionary Days 2021

    In this video, Salvatore Morelli presents his talk at the digital event “How Fast Will Tomorrow Be?” This video is in Italian.

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