Thanks to all for a fascinating discussion! Contemporary China: Demystifying Economic & Social Changes, feat. Yong Cai of UNC, Qin Gao of Columbia, Rongbin Han of U of Georgia, @brankomilan.bsky.social of Stone Ctr & moderator John Torpey of Bunche Inst. Video coming soon! @stone-lis.bsky.social

Excited to announce that our @stone-lis.bsky.social Seminar Series starts its new iteration soon. You can join in person or online on Wednesdays 10.00 am EST, biweekly! The programme: stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/programs/mul... We will first convene on Wednesday!

"Contemporary China: Demystifying Economic and Social Changes" - wrapped. Thanks to our expert panelists, and to the audience for sharp questions. The program will be shown on CUNY TV and posted online; stay tuned. @stone-lis.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @brankomilan.bsky.social 👇👇

Tonight at 6:30! Register to join in-person or watch the livestream: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/conte...

Join us in person or online! Wed, 9/17, 6:30p - Contemporary China: Demystifying Economic & Social Changes, feat. Yong Cai of UNC, Qin Gao of Columbia, Rongbin Han of U Georgia, @brankomilan.bsky.social of @stone-lis.bsky.social & John Torpey of Bunche Inst. RSVP: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/conte...

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This Wednesday at 6:30 pm! Contemporary China: Demystifying Economic and Social Changes. Register for the in-person event or livestream.

China: rising superpower or misunderstood partner? 🇨🇳 Join Contemporary China: Demystifying Economic & Social Changes on Sept 17, 6:30 p.m. Experts unpack birthrates, inequality, tech & censorship. 📍 Elebash Recital Hall + Zoom | Free & open to all @stone-lis.bsky.social

The Public Programs Fall Events are here! 🎉 Join us for an incredible lineup of FREE events—yes, free! From China and AI to Baldwin, Bad Bunny & beyond, there’s something for everyone this fall at CUNY. 👉 gc.cuny.edu/public-programs #NYCEvents #Free #CUNY #GradSchool

Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3! #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky bit.ly/40TZR6J

The Crises Keep Coming, and Inequality Keeps Winning. www.equals.ink/p/the-crises...

Don't miss a three-part blog post by Branko Milanovic on multiple facets of the "New Capitalism in America". 👇👇👇 @brankomilan.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social link here: stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/category/new...

Coming Wed, 9/17 at 6:30p - Contemporary China: Demystifying Economic and Social Changes, feat. Yong Cai of UNC, Qin Gao of Columbia, Rongbin Han of U of Georgia, @brankomilan.bsky.social of @stone-lis.bsky.social, moderated by John Torpey of Bunche Inst. Reserve now: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/conte...

Why is capital so concentrated and why do so few have it? @brankomilan.bsky.social talks about capital income and how it functions under new capitalism in this final post in his series, New Capitalism in America. stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/new-capitali...

Wed., Sept. 17: A panel of experts explains the economic and societal changes that have transformed China in recent decades. Featuring Yong Cai, Qin Gao, Rongbin Han, @brankomilan.bsky.social; moderated by John Torpey. Register for the in-person event or livestream. www.gc.cuny.edu/events/conte...

Are all class-based societies unequal? In Part II of his series on New Capitalism in America, @brankomilan.bsky.social discusses the differences between compositional and income inequality. stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/new-capitali...

The richest capitalists and richest workers are increasingly the same people, @brankomilan.bsky.social explains in his blog post — the first in a series of three on New Capitalism in America. stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/new-capitali...

Announcing fall 2025 public programs! Timely discussions, in-depth perspectives, creative ideas. Join us in person or online – RESERVE: www.gc.cuny.edu/public-progr... @pkrugman.bsky.social @asrc-gc.bsky.social @humanitiescuny.bsky.social @cuny.edu @stone-lis.bsky.social @rbiis.bsky.social

Deportations and detentions will inflict a lot of damage on the US economy 1/ paulkrugman.substack.com/p/iceing-the...

Last but not least! Installment #7 in Paul Krugman's recent series on #inequality. @pkrugman.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

🎉 Join us for a free online event. 📅 Tues 4th Nov. 5pm GMT. With: @brankomilan.bsky.social @laywilliams.bsky.social Panel: @johncassidysays.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social @annastansbury.bsky.social Register: bit.ly/StoneCentreInequalityDialogue

Crypto: a perfect merger of predation and corruption. In this final installment of his Understanding Inequality series, @pkrugman.bsky.social discusses the rise of the crypto industry, an of-the-moment case study of hyper-powered predatory finance and influence-buying. bit.ly/4lE76Hj

Why isn’t American democracy more democratic? In Part VI of his Understanding Inequality series, @pkrugman.bsky.social explains the mechanisms that give the 1 percent and the 0.01 percent so much political power in the U.S., especially compared with other countries. bit.ly/3Ht6tCf

While capitalism rules alone, 85% of the (adult) people in the world have no income from property. New capitalism III: Capital Why is capital so concentrated and why so few have it? branko2f7.substack.com/p/the-new-ca...

We invite applications for two postdoctoral scholars! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center in NYC. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3! #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky bit.ly/40TZR6J

How has Wall Street increased income and wealth disparities? @pkrugman.bsky.social explains why the financialization of the U.S. economy has been a major driver of inequality. stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/predatory-fi...

How did we get to an era in which there are men rich enough to own the U.S. government? @pkrugman.bsky.social tracks how modern U.S. oligarchs got so wealthy in Part IV of "Understanding Inequality." stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/oligarchs-an...

Do consumer durables and offshore financial wealth matter when analyzing the distribution and composition of household wealth? This post by @smaexie.bsky.social shows how to use the tools on the GC Wealth Project site to compare these forms of wealth in various countries. bit.ly/4f4ydcJ

Interesting, nuanced chat between @pkrugman.bsky.social and @adamposen.bsky.social . Beyond a semi-professional interest in economics, it's always fun and educational to read good faith articulated experts discussing their field, almost regardless of what that field is.

How might recent tariff changes affect inequality? @pkrugman.bsky.social addresses the topical issue of what economic models say about tariffs and how they function as a regressive tax policy in Part III of his series "Understanding Inequality." stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/a-trumpian-d...

Most studies on the relationship b/w inequality & the erosion of democracy focus on cross-country comparisons, and on income rather than wealth. A new WP by @schechtlm.bsky.social looks at how rising state‐level wealth inequality in the US is associated with democratic backsliding. bit.ly/3IuD1w5

Check out this film which opens at the IFC Center in NYC this Thursday! Commentators in the documentary include @stone-lis.bsky.social Senior Scholar @pkrugman.bsky.social, @stone-lis.bsky.social Affiliated Scholar @darrickhamilton.bsky.social, and many more. 👇👇👇

What were the main drivers of inequality in the U.S. between 1980 and 2000? @pkrugman.bsky.social discusses power, unions, and the rise of imperial CEOs in Part II of his series "Understanding Inequality." stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/the-importan...

Several GC CUNY PhD graduates were in the house! I caught up with 3 from GC Econ - Ercio Muñoz, Luis Monroy-Gómez-Franco, & Nishant Yonzan. Also Dirk Witteveen from GC Soc. @ercio.bsky.social @mgf91.bsky.social @dirkwitteveen.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cunygcsociology.bsky.social

The GC CUNY Stone Center community showed up! Max Longmuir and Severin Rapp - current Postdoctoral Scholars and members of the GC Wealth Project team - presented ongoing research projects on wealth. @smaexie.bsky.social @severinrapp.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social

It's a wrap! The 11th ECINEQ conference, hosted by the World Bank & GWU, July 9-11. The conference featured 226 papers presented in 74 sessions - a colossal goldmine of high-quality empirical and theoretical research on multiple facets of #inequality. @lflopezcalva.bsky.social

As the threats to our democracy mount daily, I was grateful for the chance to brainstorm what forward-looking state legislatures can do to bolster community and worker power for the inaugural issue of the @statesforum.bsky.social: statesforum.org/journal/issu... 1/

Part I of @pkrugman.bsky.social series on #inequality. Stayed tuned. Much more to come. 👇👇👇

Between World War II and the '70s, income disparities in the U.S. were relatively narrow. Today U.S. society is beset by extreme inequality, economic fragmentation, and class warfare. What happened? Read Part I of @pkrugman.bsky.social's series "Understanding Inequality." bit.ly/4lgfOMo

2025 @lisdata.bsky.social Summer Lecture. PSE Prof Marc Fleurbaey presented a rather mind-bending lecture: "Social Contagion, Inequality, and Mobility." "Contagion models are useful to describe the impact of interactions on how individuals thrive and how this shapes society." @pse.bsky.social

It was great to chat with Steven Durlauf (@durlauf.bsky.social), Director of @ucstonecenter.bsky.social‬, about wealth inequality, social mobility, education, and the problem of owning a Picasso!

It's on! The 2025 LIS Summer Workshop. Five days of intensive learning about cross-national data, research, and methods. Another impressive group of attendees from many countries! #Luxembourg @lisdata.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social @cunygcsociology.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

From data deserts to rich insights: @smaexie.bsky.social on his time as a postdoctoral scholar, his work on the GC Wealth Project and other research, and why some early ideas wound up in his “project cemetery.” stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/from-data-de...

The Aldi Hagenaars Award has been granted by @lisdata.bsky.social annually since 1994 to the writer(s) < age 40 whose LIS/LWS Working Paper from the prior year best demonstrates the qualities of her excellent scholarship. Hearty congratulations to this deserving team of authors! #wealthresearch 👇👇👇

Would a basic income reduce tax revenue by decreasing labor supply - or put pressure on wages by increasing labor supply? A field experiment by Stone Center Affiliated Scholar @maxkasy.bsky.social‬ & his coauthors concludes: Neither. stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/research/bas...

The latest book by @brankomilan.bsky.social is out now: "The World Under Capitalism," published by @politybooks.bsky.social‬! The book includes 120+ of his short essays from the last decade. Read an excerpt on the Stone Center site. stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/du-passe-fai...

A new WP by @guidoalfani.bsky.social provides the most in-depth examination of factors affecting inequality at the local level of any preindustrial society, and adds to our understanding of the distributional effects of epidemics. stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/research/wea...

One guy down the hall talking with another guy down the hall. Paul Krugman and Branko Milanovic discuss global inequality, elephants, life chances, Rawls, and more. @pkrugman.bsky.social @brankomilan.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social @lisdata.bsky.social paulkrugman.substack.com/p/global-ine...

Branko Milanovic's (@brankomilan.bsky.social‬‬ @stone-lis.bsky.social) keynote about his book Visions of Inequality marked the opening of the 40th PhD cycle in Economics at Roma Tre University. A fun and rich debate ensued! (#InRome Public Lecture!) Some pics 👇👇

The rise in housing prices and the liquidation of pension funds during Covid-19 reveal extreme levels of wealth concentration in Chile from 2007 to 2021 — read the new working paper from @bcastronofal.bsky.social, @ignacioflores.bsky.social, and @pgutiecu.bsky.social bit.ly/3SFT8J5