Scholar Interviews

In this interview, Marco Ranaldi discusses his work on measuring the shares of income that come from capital and labor, and what this means for the structure of the economy.

In this interview, Bhash Mazumder discusses his work on intergenerational mobility, why the subject is so difficult to study, and how race factors into mobility and inequality.

In this interview, Nora Lustig discusses the importance of accurately assessing the very top of the income and wealth distributions when analyzing inequality.

In this interview, Janet Gornick discusses how the size of the middle class in the United States and other rich countries has shifted in recent decades, and the implications for inequality.

In this interview, Yonatan Berman discusses his research on the interrelationships among absolute mobility, relative mobility, growth, and inequality.

In this interview, sociologist Philip N. Cohen discusses his work on developing open platforms for social science research and his research on family inequality.

In this interview, Branko Milanovic discusses recent political instability, trends in policy on inequality, and a way to break the 1 percent’s “quasi-automatic” increasing share of capital.

In this interview, Salvatore Morelli explains why wealth inequality is in some ways a more dangerous threat than income inequality.

Our research assistant Chuxin Lui discusses what sparked her interest in studying economics and inequality.

Prof. Murray Leibbrandt discusses his study on poverty dynamics and inequality in South Africa between 2008–2017.