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How a Lawyer Turned Sociology Student Is Seeking to Help Marginalized Communities
With a doctorate, Daniela Adriana Tagtachian plans to fight for members of marginalized communities who face unfair laws and the threat of being displaced from their neighborhoods.
$9.5 Million Gift to The Graduate Center, CUNY Significantly Advances Research on Income and Wealth Inequality
The latest gift from the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation brings the foundation’s total support for The Graduate Center’s Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality to $14.36 million, and will help the prominent research center prepare more early-career scholars
Paul Krugman on Fighting Zombies, How He Works and Writes, and Where the United States Is Headed
The distinguished professor, Nobel laureate, and Times columnist has a new book. He shares his writing tips and his predictions.
To Predict the Future, He Follows the Money
Professor Branko Milanovic looks at why capitalism now reigns supreme and what that means for inequality, democracy, and morality in his new book, Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World.
Stone Center's Milanovic Named Centennial Professor at LSE's International Inequalities Institute
He will share his expertise on income inequality at two of the world's premier academic centers devoted to the study of the subject.
Endless Summer: For Working Parents, the Long Break Comes at a High Cost
Laurie Maldonado, who worked with the Stone Center at The Graduate Center, discusses the costs of summer child care in the United States in comparison with other countries.
Stone Center Selects Two Scholars for New Postdoctoral Program
The two postdoctoral scholars were chosen from a pool of more than 150 applicants.
Student Spotlight: Chuxin Liu, Ph.D. Student (Economics)
Liu, who is also a research assistant at the Stone Center, discusses how she came to NYC on her own at age 22 and how her youth in China informs her study of inequality.
Rising out of Poverty in South Africa: Risks Faced by the Poor and Vulnerable
Murray Leibbrandt of the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town, a presenter in the Stone Center's Inequality Seminar Series, talks about his work.
Would Focusing on Women Reduce Inequality?
Professor Janet Gornick, head of the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, explains how cutting the "mommy tax" would benefit society.