GC Wealth Project team released crucial new data and research about #wealth and how it's taxed. Impressive new work on EIG taxes by Twisha Asher, Luca Giangregorio, Salvatore Morelli, Manuel Schechtl, Francesca Subioli. @morellisal.bsky.social @schechtlm.eurosky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social 👇👇👇

New York City is my happy place. That said, I'm grateful to be on the other side of the Atlantic just now. Away from apocalyptic heat, a painful hijacking of patriotism, and an oversized wedding blocking my subway station. Stay strong, USA; relief is on the horizon.

Fascinating and immensely careful work by Franziska Disslbacher, Salvatore Morelli, Matteo Targa. "Research on the level and evolution of wealth inequality relies on a diverse set of data sources and empirical strategies and methodological choices." @morellisal.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social 👇

Attending the 2026 LIS Workshop brings me back to the 1992 Workshop. Lee, Tim, Koen, Rosa, Olga ... Frank Cowell, Stephen Jenkins, Axel Pedersen, Jerry Jacobs, Brian Gran, Peter Whiteford, Magnus Nermo, István Tóth, Shelley Phipps... #community #gratitude @stone-lis.bsky.social @lisdata.bsky.social

Go figure. Two people climb the Empire State Building needle - which I can see from the window of my CUNY Graduate Center office - and I'm out of the country. Sheesh! #nyc @stone-lis.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cuny.edu @lisdata.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/n...

My heart is full, having arrived in Luxembourg, my second home for 36 years. Tomorrow, we welcome LIS Summer Workshop attendees from universities around the world, including five (!) from @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social and @stone-lis.bsky.social. The @lisdata.bsky.social Office at ≈10pm sunset ...

Part 3. Paul Krugman on "Curing U.S. Healthcare". "[W]e are approaching a point at which ambitious healthcare reform, well beyond simply repairing the damage to Obamacare, will be possible. And Democrats should be prepared to rise to the occasion." It's a wrap! (... for this healthcare series) 👇👇👇

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LIS: Cross-National Data Center. => The June 2026 newsletter -- Inequality Matters -- was circulated today. Check it out! You'll find research briefs, news about publications, dataset additions, events, and more. @lisdata.bsky.social www.lisdatacenter.org/newsletter/

The June 2026 GC CUNY Stone Center on Socio-Economic #Inequality newsletter is out! Please check it out and - if you're not subscribed - we hope that you'll sign up. You'll receive our latest news 6 times per year. @stone-lis.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social mailchi.mp/480dc65ab025...

Can childhood exposure to rising local wealth inequality help to explain growing class gaps in income mobility? Short answer: Yes! New paper with @ftorche.bsky.social now out OA in @sociologicalsci.bsky.social here: sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13... #Demography #Sociology #EconSky

Part 2. Paul Krugman on "Curing U.S. Healthcare". "The second Trump administration and its allies in Congress have taken two actions that will, over time, almost completely undo the expansion of health insurance since the ACA was enacted... How can and should Democrats respond?" 👇👇👇 Stay tuned ...

New York, New York. So nice, they named it twice.

New Stone Center WP, by Valetto, Filauro, Marx, Gornick "In sum, this paper demonstrates that non-primary real estate is a potent but underexamined driver of wealth #inequality. By disaggregating housing wealth, we reveal that real estate is ... a composite of distinct distributional forces." 👇👇👇

Part 1. Paul Krugman on "Curing U.S. Healthcare". "What works? Healthcare policy is an area in which advocates of reform don’t need to speculate about the feasibility of their plans, because all major routes to universal coverage have already been tried in multiple countries." 👇👇👇 Stay tuned ...

My 2006 article arguing that we are moving toward much greater inequality in club football (because of its extreme commercialization) and greater equality in national team football... Globalization and goals: does soccer show the way? stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/publications...

I've learned there's one major downside to hosting great postdocs: they leave! All of us at our Stone Center will be sad to say goodbye to Zhexun & Severin. But we know they will come back to visit. Goodbye pains aside, we're excited and gratified that they're heading to excellent new positions.🎉

This eve, CUNY GC will hold its 60th annual commencement ceremony. I send hearty congrats to all graduates - so much hard and creative work! - with an extra shout-out to seven new PhDs with ties to our Stone Center (you know who you are). #Proud @stone-lis.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Qin Gao argues that the U.S. and China may have more in common than many assume, especially when it comes to poverty and social welfare policy. @stone-lis.bsky.social 🎥 Watch this clip from The Great Global Transformation and the full discussion on YouTube. youtu.be/xr1zscNHeYI?...

On May 6, 2026, @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social and @stone-lis.bsky.social co-hosted an event framed around @brankomilan.bsky.social new book: "The Great Global Transformation." The video is now online Thanks to our excellent panelists, Daniel Markovits, Qin Gao, and @adamtooze.bsky.social. 👇👇👇

Thanks @jvandernaald.bsky.social for synthesizing our new article (with Sarah Bruch) on poverty disparities among White, Black, and Latino single-mother families, in six concise frames. Check out RSF Journal double issue edited by Elizabeth Ananat, Carolyn Barnes, Sandra Danziger, Kathryn Edin. 👇👇

I appreciated Jon Stewart’s final appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (sigh). These two extremely funny truth-tellers have soothed so many battered souls in recent years. Don’t miss the great and glorious Andra Day (24:20). #RiseUp www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXpT...

Proud to see our article in print! "Poverty Disparities and the Reconfiguration of Social Provisioning: White, Black, and Latino Single-Mother Families, 1996–2018". Coauthored with @jvandernaald.bsky.social & Sarah Bruch. Check out fabulous 2-part special issue: www.rsfjournal.org/content/12/1

Wait. What? Middle ground? "Women’s rise...in academia have provoked a host of interpretations. Some regard it as an unmitigated triumph, others as a blow to the scholarly integrity of various institutions and professions. What does an informed middle ground look like?" www.aei.org/events/has-s...

RIP, Barney. (That is, if he wants to rest in peace, which is not self-evident.) We were grateful to host him at the Graduate Center in 2016. I talked with him last year at a political event; he was fiery as ever. @stone-lis.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEkO...

Warm Mother's Day wishes to all who have mothers, had mothers, are mothers, will be mothers ... With gratitude, I spent the day with my mother (who has lived from Calvin Coolidge to ... whatever this is). May next Mother's Day be healthier, easier, and less frightening for families worldwide.🪴🙏

Wrapped! Stay tuned for the video, to be posted soon. 👇👇👇

Do Americans accept higher rates of inequality because of our belief in the American Dream? Leslie McCall (@stone-lis.bsky.social) wasn’t convinced, so she went looking for the data. Listen to @durlauf.bsky.social & McCall discuss her pioneering research on The Inequality Podcast: bit.ly/4ndv9z2

It has been a great pleasure attending the International Panel on Inequality (IPI) Founding Committee at @WitsUniversity in Johannesburg on Apr 24. It reinforced my conviction that the response to inequality must be both global and local. Photo credit: @WitsUniversity

Happy AAPI Heritage Month! Learn about some of the Graduate Center scholars of AAPI heritage who are influencing culture and conversation www.gc.cuny.edu/news/aapi-sc... @silviacho.bsky.social @eesgccuny.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social

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Call for papers open! ESPAnet, Lisbon, Aug 26-28, 2026. Note multiple interesting streams, including Stream #25 "Territorial #Inequalities and the Welfare State: The Spatial Politics of Service Delivery" (conveners: Michal Koreh, Jane Gingrich, Sarah Bruch) www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/en/event/24t...

Immensely interesting day "Reimagining the Economics of Late Life". Kudos to New School's Schwartz Center & CUNY's CIDR. Great to hear from so many thoughtful younger voices. I was honored to give a Keynote on socio-economic outcomes across countries. @stone-lis.bsky.social @lisdata.bsky.social

Reimagining aging... I'm pleased to note that the GC-CUNY Stone Center will be in the house. I'm giving a keynote and @stone-lis.bsky.social former postdoc Meredith Slopen is a panelist. Check out the program! @mslopen.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @thenewschool.bsky.social 👇👇👇

This is a terrific book. The core thesis - neoliberalism is declining internationally but thriving domestically - is clearly argued & beautifully documented. Perfect summer reading. @brankomilan.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social @lisdata.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Excerpt here. 👇

The 2nd #ECINEQ-LAC conference: in Montevideo, 28-29 Oct 2026. Seeking submissions: theoretical/empirical analysis on #inequality, mobility, employment, poverty, exploitation. Papers focused on Latin America & Caribbean given priority. Submission deadline June 30. fcea.udelar.edu.uy/ecineq-lac-s...

Upcoming conference at New School in NYC, hosted by Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis: "Reimagining the Economics of Late Life Institutions, Systems, and Investments". Friday, May 1, 9am-4pm EDT. In-person or Zoom. Program and registration link here: event.newschool.edu/reimaginingt...

Tomorrow! April 24, 3pm. 👇👇👇 @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cunygcsociology.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social

Earth Day 2015. The @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social hosted a conversation on inequality and #climate change, with Professors Joseph Stiglitz and Nicholas Stern. Fortunately, it was recorded. 🌍 @stone-lis.bsky.social @josephestiglitz.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClaA...

The announcement is up for for the Atkinson Conference on Economic and Social Inequality: September 10th and 11th at Nuffield College, Oxford. Submissions are due by 22 May 2026; decisions will be communicated by 8 June 2026. The call is here: atkinsonconference.github.io

We are pleased to share what has been keeping us busy! Please check out our current newsletter and do sign up to receive them in the future. @brankomilan.bsky.social @milescorak.com @morellisal.bsky.social @pkrugman.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @lisdata.bsky.social 👇👇👇

Kudos to Salvatore Morelli and his tremendous team, at both Roma Tre and @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social for their incomparable contribution to #wealth research. @morellisal.bsky.social @ignacioflores.bsky.social @smaexie.bsky.social @severinrapp.bsky.social @schechtlm.bsky.social and many more.

The GC Wealth Project, a flagship project of the GC CUNY Stone Center, presents an overview of its core work in Scientific Data. Check out this vast collection of data on wealth levels/trends/composition and more. Multiple expansions and updates coming soon! wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu/index.html 👇

The Roma Tre Department of Law seeks to hire two postdoctoral researchers working on income and #wealth distribution/taxation, the economics of climate transition, and the redistributive effects of public policies. Great job, great team, great city. What's not to to like?! @morellisal.bsky.social

Stone Center Junior Scholar Jim Riungu offers this intriguing remark: "If you are going to look into environmental crime, then you realize crimes against the environment are crimes against nature, and nature has realms: air, water, and land." See the full interview here: 👇👇👇

Check out this excellent interview with @brankomilan.bsky.social about his new book: "The Great Global Transformation". The core thesis of the book is beautifully synthesized here. 👇👇👇 uscnpm.org/interviews/g...

Our Stone Center was in the house. The event was an excellent balance of smart research and smart politics. It's not easy to feel hopeful these days; this was an occasion. Our Mayor - so impressive! @stone-lis.bsky.social @gabrielzucman.bsky.social @josephestiglitz.bsky.social @pkrugman.bsky.social

Salvatore Morelli and his GC Wealth Project team, in Rome and NYC, have produced an extraordinary collection of curated data on #wealth levels, trends, distributions, and composition. Stay tuned for expansion coming soon! 👉 wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu @morellisal.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social

When the world is in flames, and our hearts are heavy, it’s time for the Afro-Caribbean Steel and Brass Orchestra. This is the brilliant Ron Blake, playing his own composition. 🎷

Don't miss "Steal This Story, Please" - a moving, illuminating, smart-as-hell documentary, demonstrating the monumental & growing importance of independent journalism. The tale is told via the indefatigable Amy Goodman and the brilliant team at @democracynow.org 👇👇👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/m...