Capitalist Systems and Income Inequality
M. Ranaldi and B. Milanovic. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 25. 2020.
Milanovic on Income Inequality, Part 1: Quesnay and Smith
In this lecture, Branko Milanovic presents how the classical writers François Quesnay and Adam Smith discussed inequality and how their discussion may be interpreted in the terms of interpersonal inequality.
Virtual Workshop 2020: Global Distribution of Income and Its Political Meaning
In this presentation, Branko Milanovic presents an overview of trends in global income inequality, both between and within countries, from the early 1800s to the present.
In Search of the Roots of American Inequality Exceptionalism: An Analysis Based on Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Data
J. C. Gornick, B. Milanovic, and N. Johnson. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 20. 2020.
After the Financial Crisis: The Evolution of the Global Income Distribution Between 2008 and 2013
B. Milanovic. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 18. 2020.
Analysis: Literature and Inequality
In his personal blog post, Branko Milanovic examines data from “Pride and Prejudice” and "Anna Karenina" as vignettes to explore income inequality in 19th century literature.
Thoughts from the Stone Center on the Pandemic and Its Impact
In this commentary, Stone Center faculty — Miles Corak, Janet Gornick, Paul Krugman, Leslie McCall, Branko Milanovic, and Salvatore Morelli — each with unique expertise in the study of inequality, offer insights on the COVID-19 crisis.
Analysis: The Real Pandemic Danger Is Social Collapse — As the Global Economy Comes Apart, Societies May, Too
In Foreign Affairs, Branko Milanovic says advanced societies must not allow economics, particularly the fortunes of financial markets, to blind them to the fact that the most important role economic policy can play now is to keep social bonds strong under this extraordinary pressure.
From Workers to Capitalists in Less Than Two Generations: A Study of Chinese Urban Elite Transformation Between 1988 and 2013
L. Yang, F. Novokmet, and B. Milanovic. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 06. 2020.
Real Urban Wage in an Agricultural Economy Without Landless Farmers: Serbia 1862–1910
B. Mijatović and B. Milanovic. Stone Center Working Paper. no. 01. 2020.