Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality

🧵 New paper out OA in @jamahealthforum.com with @rourkeobrien.bsky.social, Lizzie Bair, @dremmazang.bsky.social, @atheendar.bsky.social. Open Access: doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2026.3857 Does rising local wealth inequality track with working-age mortality? Here’s what we found 👇

One week from today! Apply by November 2 to our postdoctoral scholars program. These two-year positions start in August 2027 and are based at the @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Stone Center in NYC. One is focused on wealth inequality, the other more broadly on economic inequality.

Thanks again to Atkinson conference for giving me an hour (and an expert audience) to tell the story of @lisdata.bsky.social's role in developing #inequality data and research. My talk and slides (Parts I, II, III) are here: stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/category/new... PS Gertrude witnessed it all.

Watch Stone Center Senior Scholar @pkrugman.bsky.social's James Martin Memorial Lecture, presented at @ox.ac.uk's Oxford Martin School. Krugman explores the global economic landscape, challenging assumptions about Europe's performance and its position relative to the world's other major economies.

The trigger for this political reaction was the global financial crisis and Great Recession of 2008–9, which highlighted how the benefits of globalization in advanced economies accrued more to capital than labor and more to the wealthy than the working classes.

Thanks to Nuffield team for granting me time to tell the story of @lisdata.bsky.social role in #inequality data/research. "I think it’s fair to say that, if it happened at LIS, I either saw it or I know about it. So that’s the basis of the story that I’m going to tell today." Part II later today

This year's Atkinson Conference on Economic and Social Inequality featured a keynote lecture by @janetgornick.bsky.social on the history of cross-national inequality data and research. Her inside view of the creation and development of LIS is now available on the Stone Center site.

Apply by Nov. 2 - two weeks from today! Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program. These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2027 and are based at the @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Stone Center in NYC. One is focused on wealth inequality, the other more broadly on economic inequality.

Thanks to Marta Cota for presenting her paper "Social Information and the Transmission of Monetary Policy" at the Inequality InRome seminar at @Giur_Roma_Tre Next up: Carsten Schröder on Oct 21. Join us in person or online! Info & registration: sites.google.com/view/inequal...

My today's Substack Destruction and despair A review of “A Sentimental Journey 1917-1922” by Viktor Shklovsky branko2f7.substack.com/p/destructio...

Apply by November 2! Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program. These full-time, 2-year positions start in August 2027 and are based at the @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Stone Center in New York. One is focused on wealth inequality, the other more broadly on economic inequality.

Watch Stone Center Senior Scholar @pkrugman.bsky.social discuss geoeconomics at last week's ECB Annual Research Conference. "Once you start turning trade relations into a source of geopolitical power, you might find yourself starting to do other things in pursuit of geopolitical power."

Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program! These 2-year positions start in August 2027 and are based at the Stone Center. One is focused on wealth inequality, the other more broadly on economic inequality. Deadline is Nov. 2 -- apply now! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

In today's El Pais

Apply by Oct 4 2026 to the ISI Pipeline Program. There may be more fun ways to spend the weekend, but they don't provide you with 1 year of mentoring by a great scholar, funding for an international research visit & workshop, and 5,000 EUR in research funds! www.isi-munich.de/en/programs/...

Timely new paper in @socioeconreview.bsky.social: Does rising wealth concentration undermine American democracy? Using variation across the 50 U.S. states, results reveal a clear, negative effect of millionaire wealth concentration on democratic performance. doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwag058

Huge congratulations to GC Stone Center affiliated scholar Ellora Derenoncourt on her 2026 MacArthur Fellowship! www.macfound.org/videos/2026-...

Impressive event yesterday - building support, brick by brick, for the International Panel on Inequality (IPI). The discussions were smart, sober, and at times even hopeful. Grateful to be part of the growing body of supporters. @stone-lis.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social @lisdata.bsky.social

Watch Stone Center Senior Scholar @pkrugman.bsky.social discuss geoeconomics at last week's ECB Annual Research Conference. "Once you start turning trade relations into a source of geopolitical power, you might find yourself starting to do other things in pursuit of geopolitical power."

Extreme inequality is not inevitable. 1,400+ economists worldwide are calling for an International Panel on Inequality to help inform policies for more equal and inclusive societies. Joseph Stiglitz on @Avvenire_Nei explains why 👇 www.avvenire.it/idee-e-comme...

Thank you @noamscheiber.bsky.social for such a thoughtfully reported @nytimes.com piece about our Class Gap research. Key point: the class gap is NOT an academia specific phenomenon. The cultural & social capital that come from class background matter in many elite settings.

Apply now! Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program. These 2-year positions start in August 2027 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on wealth inequality, the other more broadly on economic inequality. Deadline is Nov. 2.

Gratitude to @pengzell.bsky.social for posting 15-part thread, re: my keynote at the Atkinson Conference on Economic & Social Inequality at Nuffield. Addressing that knowledgeable multi-generational audience was a gift. 🙏 @stone-lis.bsky.social @lisdata.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Next at the @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Atkinson Conference: @janetgornick.bsky.social keynote on cross-national inequality data and the history of @lisdata.bsky.social.

#ECON4All www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

New season of free public programs at CUNY Graduate Center! In person/online - reserve: www.gc.cuny.edu/public-progr... Feat journalist Carol Jenkins, historian Heather C Richardson, Luke Waltzer of Teaching & Learning Ctr, historian David Blight, NYT’s Salamishah Tillet, filmmaker Natalie Musteata

I had the honor of giving the faculty keynote this morning, a lovely way to start my 33rd year as a CUNY professor. 🍎 To the 100s of MA & PhD students joining us at the CUNY Graduate Center, welcome! May your hopes & expectations be fulfilled. @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social

All the Ginis; new version

All the Ginis (ATG) have been updated. Branko Milanovic - in a new interview - explains that ATG "is a compilation of income and consumption Ginis collected, harmonized, and made available from various databases or platforms, or calculated by [him] from existing data sources." 🌍 Read all about it!

An important note of caution for younger researchers. Digitalization or AI is not a panacea. In my lifetime I have seen dozens, if not hundreds, of surveys and datasets that have been lost. They disappeared because of incompatibility between different operating systems.

All the Ginis (ATG) now covers the period from 1950 to 2024 and includes 6,762 Ginis from 183 countries or territories. In this interview, @brankomilan.bsky.social discusses the recent changes to the dataset. stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/branko-milan...

Interested in spending 2 years at the Stone Center in NYC, studying inequality? See our call for postdoc applications. Two 2-year positions, starting Aug 2027. One focused on wealth inequality, the other more broadly on economic inequality. Apply by Nov. 2! 🍎 stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/applications...

Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program! These 2-year positions start in August 2027 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on wealth inequality, the other more broadly on economic inequality. Apply by Nov. 2! stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/applications...

At #ASA2026 in NYC? Need something to do 8-9:30am Monday? Studying socio-economic poverty or inequality? Want to learn about the LIS/LWS microdata? Please do join us for some or all of the session. @lisdata.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social @cunygcsociology.bsky.social

I dream of Ginis! 👇👇👇

The GC-CUNY Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality had the pleasure of co-hosting today's meeting of the International Chinese Sociological Association. Two keynotes, 20 panels, and a ton of impressive research. @stone-lis.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cunygcsociology.bsky.social

In my keynote at the International Chinese Sociological Association, I emphasized the value of assessing relative and absolute poverty together, especially during rapid change. Between 2002-2018, in China, relative poverty rose while absolute poverty fell. @lisdata.bsky.social @ourworldindata.org

The All the Ginis (ALG) dataset, constructed by @brankomilan.bsky.social, is now updated on the Stone Center site! The dataset covers the period 1950-2024 and includes 6,762 Ginis from 183 countries or territories.

My conversation for Bloomberg's Odd Lots with Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal. Very fun conversation. Enjoyable. Great questions. www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...

📣New blog post about our recent paper on dividend tax reforms. Working paper here: cepr.org/publications... Thanks @voxeu.org!

The @stone-lis.bsky.social WP series added linked papers; together, a comprehensive portrait of inequality trends: #128: Wealth Inequality Trends Around the World. #131: Is Income Inequality on the Rise Everywhere? Both also posted at @lisdata.bsky.social stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/research-dat...

It was a great and productive meeting. Many thanks to @janetgornick.bsky.social for her important intervention, along with remarks by Imraan Valodia and Jose Antonio Ocampo. As Janet says, the IPI is taking shape! @icrict.bsky.social

I was pleased to speak - about data for inequality analyses - at yesterday's event organized to introduce the International Panel on Inequality to representatives from many Permanent Missions to the UN. The IPI is taking shape! @stone-lis.bsky.social @lisdata.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social

📢 Call for Submissions: III/LIS Comparative Inequality Conference If you're doing research on economic inequality, the call for submissions for the third III/LIS Comparative Inequality Conference is now open. The conference will take place in London in February 2027. Submit by Sept 15th 2026

Congratulations to our 2025 Stone Center Junior Scholar Swapnil Landge on his new tenure-track position!