Inequality & Distribution

Economists’ infamous failure at predicting the recent financial crisis has brought new impetus to studies on diversity in the economics profession. Such studies have underlined how diversity plays a prominent role in enriching economic analyses.

The YSI Latin America Working Group is hosting a workshop at the United Nations ECLAC Summer School on Latin American economies.

Professor Ghilarducci describes the roadblocks to securing retirement and retirement plans beyond the 401k.

Greater efficiency, lower costs, and universal coverage make it the sustainable option, say some top economists

A new model probes why the US leads the world in jailing and imprisoning people, and what it will take to reverse course

The Young Scholars Initiative is hosting its regional convening for Latin America in Mexico City from 17-21 June. 

This seminar is happening at INET Oxford

A workshop hosted by the YSI Inequality Working Group (IWG) will take place from 12-13 June at the London School of Economics in collaboration with the International Inequalities Institute (III).

YSI Working Groups are cooperating with Dimensions of Poverty conference

The Young Scholars Initiative and its working groups will be hosting meetings and discussions in and around the 2017 Trento Festival of Economics. 

Demand, Secular Stagnation and the Vanishing Middle-Class

How austerity policies and microfinance can bankrupt rather than empower women. Professor Girón discusses why microfinance cannot replace development banks.

Professor Dutt discusses how group identity is key to addressing inequality and how inequality can disrupt group identity.

April 28-29, 2017, USC Dornsife INET is hosting a conference on inequality, globalization, and macroeconomics at the University of Southern California. The goal of this conference is to bring together leading researchers to discuss and present new approaches and new results on the relationships between inequality and macroeconomics and between inequality and globalization. Please direct any questions or comments to [email protected]. 

A new book by economist Peter Temin finds that the U.S. is no longer one country, but dividing into two separate economic and political worlds