Salvatore Morelli, the director of the GC Wealth Project and a Stone Center Senior Scholar, and Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Daniel Waldenström discuss Waldenström's new book, Richer and More Equal: A New History of Wealth in the West.
Suresh Naidu, a Stone Center Affiliated Scholar and a professor of economics and international and public affairs at Columbia University, discusses who is currently benefitting the most from the union premium, the data challenges in historical research on unions and how he overcame them, and the significant barriers U.S. workers still face in forming a union.
Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Hahrie Han's latest book follows four members of an evangelical megachurch as they work toward racial justice and understanding.
L. Yang, B. Milanovic, and Y. Lin. European Journal of Political Economy. vol. 85. 2024.
In this post, Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Guido Alfani reflects on the increasing influence of the super-rich in U.S. politics, and the risk this poses to democratic institutions and equality of access to the political process.
N. Cesa-Bianchi, R. Colomboni, and M. Kasy. Stone Center Working Paper. no. 89. 2024.
The Stone Center hosted its first in-person Inequality by the Numbers Workshop since 2019. The weeklong workshop was held in the Graduate Center’s Skylight Room from June 3 through June 7.
Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Arthur Kennickell describes changes in the levels of household income across the distribution from 1989 to 2022 in this blog post, the final in a three-part series.
Tina Law and Manuel Schechtl are starting new tenure-track positions this summer after completing their two-year terms at the Graduate Center.
Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Arthur Kennickell describes changes in the levels of household wealth across the distribution from 1989 to 2022 in this blog post, the second in a three-part series.