Wealth/Assets

In this video, Stone Center scholars give context to the current political debate over economic growth and inequality.

B. Milanovic. In After Piketty: The Agenda for Politics and Inequality. H. Boushey, J.B. DeLong, and M. Steinbaum (eds). pp. 235-258. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 2017.

This is a text of a 2016 interview with the lead donors of the new James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality.

In this video, New York Times columnist Eduardo Porter and James M. Stone discuss income and wealth inequality.

Is globalization responsible for increased income inequality? Watch three experts and Graduate Center professors explore the complex relationship between these large-scale economic trends.

F. Alvaredo, A.B. Atkinson, and S. Morelli. Fiscal Studies. vol. 37, no. 1. pp. 13–33. 2016.

Watch French economist Thomas Piketty participate in a panel discussing his new book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century at the Graduate Center.

In this video, panelists and editors discuss "Income Inequality: Economic Disparities and the Middle Class in Affluent Countries" at its launch.

J.C. Gornick and M. Jäntti (eds). Palo Alto: Stanford University Press. 2013.

B. Milanovic and L. Ersado. In Economies in Transition: The Long-Run View. G. Roland (ed). pp. 84-108. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 2012.