Wealth/Assets

S. Rapp and S. Humer. Social Inclusion. vol. 11, no. 1. pp. 176–186. 2023.

In this post, Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Guido Alfani reflects on the increasing influence of the super-rich in U.S. politics, and the risk this poses to democratic institutions and equality of access to the political process.

B. Milanovic. Explorations in Economic History. vol. 93. 2024.

Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Arthur Kennickell describes changes in the levels of household wealth across the distribution from 1989 to 2022 in this blog post, the second in a three-part series.

Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Arthur Kennickell analyses the cross-sectional patterns of change in household wealth and income from 1989 to 2022 in this blog post, the first in a new series.

Zhexun Mo and Severin Rapp will join the Stone Center for two-year appointments as postdoctoral scholars in September 2024.

Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Guido Alfani discusses his new book, As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West.

P. Acciari, F. Alvaredo, and S. Morelli. Journal of the European Economic Association. 2024.

In this interview, Stone Center postdoctoral scholar Max Longmuir discusses how he became interested in inequality studies, his work on The GC Wealth Project, and his research.

In this interview, Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Guido Alfani talks about how the position of the rich in Western society has changed over the centuries, and the implications for the present and future.