Racial Inequality
Police Stops of Black Drivers Increase Following Trump Rallies, New Study SuggestsÂ
A new study looks into how Trump's 2016 presidential campaign affected police behavior toward Black Americans and finds that the probability that a Black...
Should We Defund the Police? A New Capitalisn’t Reading List
In this episode of the Capitalisn't podcast, Kate and Luigi take an economist's look at the concept of defunding the police.
"Defund the police" has...
How to Get Police Reform Done? Use Direct Democracy
Instead of just imploring their representatives to fix things, Americans can use the tools of direct democracy to take charge and promote meaningful policing...
The Economic and Social Implications of Racial Disparities: A Webinar With Lisa Cook
Michigan State University professor Lisa Cook joined Princeton’s Bendheim Center for Finance to discuss how violence impacts innovation, as well as the economic and...
“We’ve Never Had a Purely Capitalist Economy—We’ve Had State-Subsidies for Some and Exclusion for Others”
In an interview with ProMarket, UC Irvine law professor Mehrsa Baradaran discussed the connection between the current protest wave and the deep-seated structural inequalities...
Piketty on the Covid-19 Crisis: “It Is High Time to Use This Opportunity to Counter the Dominant Ideology and Significantly Reduce Inequality”
In an interview with ProMarket, Thomas Piketty speaks about his new book, the role of ideology as a driver of inequality, and what the...
The Future of Capitalism and the Utopia That Never Was
In his review of Paul Collier’s recent book The Future of Capitalism, Branko Milanovic discusses ideology, social democracy, and the "ethical world."
Paul Collier’s...
Do the Sons of Rich Families Recover After a Large Wealth Shock? Evidence From the US Civil War
One striking feature of many underdeveloped societies is that economic power is concentrated in the hands of very small powerful elites. Why is it...
Wealth Inequality in America: A Race Between the Stock and the Housing Market
Booming stock markets and the collapse of house prices in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis have increased wealth inequality in the US...
America's "Lost Einsteins" Are Dealing a Blow to Innovation
A new paper finds that America is full of "lost Einsteins" among women, minorities, and low-income groups: high performers who never become inventors because...
