I am halfway through this intriguing book and I recommend it! Kasy takes a deep dive into crucial questions about who will gain and retain control of the many rapidly evolving AI tools. He makes a compelling case for the urgency of democratic control of the means of prediction. Take a look! 👇👇👇

November 5, 2025. Spectacular sunrise over New York City.

Lane Kenworthy - @stone-lis.bsky.social Affiliated Scholar & longtime @lisdata.bsky.social user - discusses "Is Inequality the Problem". Many inequality scholars will be surprised by his central argument: the main problem with inequality is not its damaging consequences. I say: read and ponder! 👇👇👇

Deadline: Monday (Nov 3). The Stone Center at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, is hiring. Applications are open for two postdocs - one focused on #mobility and #poverty; the other on #wealth. Consider spending two years with us in🎶"New York New York (So Nice they Named it Twice)"!

New Working Paper by Stone Center postdoc Zhexun Mo, coauthored with Katharina Kaeppel, Carsten Schroder, and our Affiliated Scholar Li Yang. Their intriguing findings highlight asymmetry in German vs Chinese perceptions of the other's Foreign Direct Investments. @zhexunmo.bsky.social 👇👇👇

Noon (US East Coast) on Nov 4. Branko Milanovic and David Lay Williams discuss the history of economic and political thought, with panelists John Cassidy, Beatrice Cherrier, and (Stone Center Affiliated Scholar) Anna Stansbury. What a line-up! @stone-lis.bsky.social 👇👇👇

Video is up! On Oct 7, 2025, our Stone Center hosted a panel on "AI and the Future of Work", featuring Daron Acemoglu, Paul Krugman, Danielle Li, and Zeynep Tufekci, moderated by Steven Greenhouse. Quick summary: Question: Should we be terrified of the future? Answer: ... sort of... 👇👇👇

Is childhood exposure to local wealth inequality associated with upward income mobility achieved in adulthood? Yes! Check out my new paper, just published in @natureportfolio.nature.com here: doi.org/10.1038/s414... #EconSky #Sociology #Demography

New @stone-lis.bsky.social Working Paper by Stone Center postdoctoral scholar Zhexun Mo, coauthored by Sehyun Hong, Nak Nyeon Kim, and our Affiliated Scholar Li Yang. This fascinating paper assesses income #inequality in South Korea during the course of nearly a century. @zhexunmo.bsky.social 👇👇👇

Deadline approaching - November 3! Two postdoc positions at the GC-CUNY @stone-lis.bsky.social center in New York City. One position is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth #inequality. Info and link below. #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky 👇👇👇 bit.ly/40TZR6J

New York City is having some thoughts.

Intriguing, innovative new Stone Center Working Paper, by @stone-lis.bsky.social postdoc @severinrapp.bsky.social and colleagues. "This paper investigates how participation in a citizens’ assembly affects individuals’ redistributive preferences and (perceived) role in democracy." Do take a look 👇👇👇.

AI and the Future of Work (10/7/25). It's a wrap! Thanks to our expert panelists: @dacemoglumit.bsky.social, @pkrugman.bsky.social, Danielle Li, @zey.bsky.social & @sgreenhouse.bsky.social. #AI. Who will win and who will lose? How worried should we be? Stay tuned for the video, coming soon.

Video is up! “Contemporary #China: Demystifying Economic & Social Changes” - live event, 9/17/25 at the CUNY Graduate Center. Thanks to our expert panelists Yong Cai, Qin Gao, Rongbin Han & Branko Milanovic and moderator John Torpey. @stone-lis.bsky.social @brankomilan.bsky.social 👇👇👇

This evening. Live stream starts at 6:30pm. @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social 👇👇👇

Here, the GC CUNY Stone Center's new postdoc - Marai Hayes - discusses her timely research. "I think my work could shed some light on the potential long-term economic effects of any increases in morbidity and mortality that are associated with the new policy landscape, especially among children."

"AI and the Future of Work": With Paul Krugman, Daron Acemoglu, Zeynep Tufekci, and Danielle Li; moderated by Steven Greenhouse. Our Stone Center looks forward to cohosting what will surely be a lively discussion. In-person is sold out, but please join livestream. #inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social

New book alert! #Inequality scholars:, don't miss Chuck Collins' new book: Burned by Billionaires. It's both breezy and fact-filled. "An economy that funnels wealth to billionaires ... fuels division and civil discord." @inequality.org @thenewpress.bsky.social thenewpress.org/books/burned...

What % of the 119th Congress is made up of mothers with children below age 18? Just 7.2%! The chronic under-representation of mothers helps to explain why US policies that support working parents are both crazy meager and at odds with public opinion. www.votemamafoundation.org/reports/popr...

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"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 👇👇

Are you a new or soon-to-be PhD? Do you work on socio-economic inequality, poverty, and/or mobility? Do you study income, wealth, or earnings? Are you passionate about research as well as policy analyses? If so, we may be the perfect home for you, starting in fall 2026? Take a look! 🍎 #postdoc 👇👇👇

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...

This promises to be a fascinating evening! Panelists will discuss China’s remarkable strides toward eradicating poverty; the rise of economic inequality; the decline in the birthrate despite the end of the One Child Policy; and trends in access to information and technology. @stone-lis.bsky.social 👇

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

Part VI. One more in the pipeline. 👇👇👇

The GC-CUNY Stone Center invites applications for two postdocs, to join us in NYC Aug 2026-Aug 2028. One focused on wealth, one on intergenerational mobility/poverty. Deadline Nov 3! @stone-lis.bsky.social @lisdata.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/applications...

Part V! Two more installments to come. @pkrugman.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social 👇👇👇

‪Part IV of Paul Krugman's series on #inequality. Stay tuned for three more installments, coming soon on our Stone Center website. @pkrugman.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social 👇👇👇

Part III of @pkrugman.bsky.social series on #inequality. The @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social is gratified to help share this series with all who wish to read it. Stay tuned for four more installments to be posted on our Stone Center website. 👇👇👇

Summer in the city.

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. 👇👇👇

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

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

I am in Washington DC, my former home city, for #ECINEQ Meeting. I'm here, first time in 2025, taking it all in. Directly in front of my hotel, on New Hampshire Ave, is a strikingly dignified oak tree. It is named #Democracy Tree and it bears this plaque. The work goes on, the cause endures. #DCVote

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

LIS Workshop, Day 4. Philippe Van Kerm gave a brilliant presentation of a "toolbox" for income distribution analysis, covering decomposition, regression, & more. He interspersed equations with original illustrations. IMHO, this one's a keeper. #inequality @lisdata.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social

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

From Max Longmuir: “So, what would I tell a first-year Ph.D. student today? Think twice before working on #wealth, but if you do, embrace the complexity and enjoy every bit of the ride. There’s still so much we don’t know. And that’s what makes it exciting." Read on! @lisdata.bsky.social 👇👇👇

It's a wrap! The 2025 meeting of LIS' governing body, where representatives from many countries assess past work, review current projects, and plan LIS' future. These meetings demonstrate the extraordinary power and potential of international cooperation. #42years @lisdata.bsky.social

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

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 👇👇👇

New York City makes history.

NYC needs a forward-looking mayor! Impressive turnout on the #UWS. So what if it's apocalyptically hot at 6am? We're New Yorkers, FFS! May you-know-who win! 🍎 #CUNY

Check out new empirical paper on impact of basic income on employment outcomes: "Basic Income and Labor Supply: Evidence from an RCT in Germany". By Sarah Bernhard, Sandra Bohmann, Susann Fiedler, Maximilian Kasy, Jürgen Schupp, Frederik Schwerter. @maxkasy.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social 👇👇👇

Another fascinating historical paper by @stone-lis.bsky.social Affiliated Scholar Guido Alfani (and colleagues): "Wealth Inequality and Epidemics in the Republic of Venice (1400–1800)" 👇👇👇

June 14, 2025. Much unfolded in the US yesterday. Tanks rolled. Protesters rallied. And Vivian Gornick - born a good number of Flag Days ago - turned 90. Friends (some from #CCNY back in the day), comrades, and family gathered in NYC to celebrate Vivian and to usher her into the coming decade. 🥂🎈🍎

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...

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night slows down NYC! NOTHING could dampen this enormous peaceful show of resilience.

NYC, now. Good night, and good luck!