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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · 11h

I am getting some puzzled looks on the commuter train this morning: What could this guy possibly be up to?

#ISIWealthConference2025 participants will find out on Saturday (as just one of the little conference surprises).

A nondescript piece of wood slab with bars laying on the floor, an equally nondescript bag containing a box next to it.

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · 11h

We are gearing up for the #ISIWealthConference2025.

It starts tomorrow and you can find the full program here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Thanks to this marvelous team 👇, we are ready to host a wonderful set of wealth inequality scholars from across the globe.

Watch the hashtag for updates!

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Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 2d

@fabianpfeffer.bsky.social on @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy

www.deutschlandfunk.de/soziologe-pf...

Soziale Ungleichheit - Soziologe Pfeffer: Vermögenssteuer ist "keineswegs radikal"

Der Soziologe Fabian Pfeffer hat sich für die Wiedereinführung einer Vermögenssteuer in Deutschland ausgesprochen.

www.deutschlandfunk.de

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Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · 21d

📆 Save the date: the 3rd edition of the World Inequality Conference will take place on 4–5 June 2026 at Paris School of Economics @pse.bsky.social

The call for papers is open until December 1.

🔗 More details & submission: inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...

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Nora Waitkus @norawaitkus.bsky.social · Sep 4

🎉Big news! My ERCStG proposal SOCDEBT has been selected for funding @erc.europa.eu!
📚I’ll study how household debt is stratified across countries & over time; how people strategize, evaluate, and morally judge debt(ors).
🙏I'm truly indebted to all my friends, colleagues & mentors for your support!

European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Sep 4

The new ERC Starting Grant - funded projects include:

✴️ redefining false memories

✴️ making artificial touch feel more natural and realistic

✴️ how aging reshapes human tissues

✴️ ADHD in adults vs childhood

✴️ how plants shield from excessive sun exposure

Discover more 👉 buff.ly/APfNmCK

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Aug 29

Very interesting mentorship program for early career folks working on wealth inequality and related topics, run out of the Munich Stone Center for Inequality Research
www.isi-munich.de/en/programs/...

ISI News – Mentoring for more justice

The ISI Pipeline Program brings young researchers together with leading figures in inequality research — the new round of applications is now underway.

www.isi-munich.de

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RC28 Social Stratification @isa-rc28.bsky.social · Aug 29

At National Academies Webinar on September 22: Research Agenda for Improving Economic and Social Mobility in the United States featuring L. Shaefer, F. Torche, L. M. Berger, S. A. DeLuca, D. Grusky, F. Pfeffer, P. Sharkey, and K. R. Troske.
Register here: www.nationalacademies.org/event/45575_...

www.nationalacademies.org

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Aug 26

🚀 The first ISI Newsletter just launched!
Inside: center insights, job opportunities… and a few surprises we promise are way better than finding an extra fry at the bottom of the bag. 🍟✨

Check your inbox — you don’t want to miss this.
isi-munich-news.beehiiv.com/p/issue-1-27...

#isimunich

ISSUE #1

ISI has a newsletter now, isn't it exciting?

isi-munich-news.beehiiv.com

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Jul 22

ISI has a new website.
Yes, one that works.
Yes, also on your phone.
No, we didn’t do it ourselves. We called Max from Goodaim (en.goodaim.de). He speaks both design and durkheim.

Visit www.isi-munich.de/en
Come for the inequality, stay because you accidentally closed all your other tabs.

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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.bsky.social · Jul 16

⚠️ New timely WP ⚠️ Rising wealth inequality and democratic backsliding at the US state-level #EconSky #Sociology #PolicySky
@stone-lis.bsky.social WP here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · Jul 14

Congratulations, Zach. That's fantastic!

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Matthias Haslberger @mhaslberger.bsky.social · Jul 9

Our article (with @madselk.bsky.social, @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, @benansell.bsky.social, @aslicansunar.bsky.social, and Laure Bokobza) on why it is so hard to counteract wealth inequality through inheritance taxation is out in @worldpolitics.bsky.social!

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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · Jul 7

An international call for action just got louder:

Today, 7 Nobel Laureates have issued a powerful call for a minimum tax on the ultra-wealthy in Le Monde

Here’s a quick breakdown of the debate—and where things stand globally

🧵

www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

Tax on ultra-rich: 'France has the opportunity to lead the way,' say Nobel Prize-winning economists

OP-ED. As public deficits balloon and extreme wealth explode, creating a minimum tax on the assets of billionaires should be a priority, argue seven Nobel Prize-winning economists in an op-ed for Le M...

www.lemonde.fr

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thank you, Herman. It was fun to put it together and I find the contributions impressive. The last few will be coming online shortly and then the full special issue will be out soon. Complete line-up below, quick summaries here: doi.org/10.1177/0049...

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · Jul 2

It was great to chat with Steven Durlauf (@durlauf.bsky.social), Director of @ucstonecenter.bsky.social‬, about wealth inequality, social mobility, education, and the problem of owning a Picasso!

UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · Jun 30

In our latest podcast episode, @durlauf.bsky.social & @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social discuss variation in wealth inequality and why income gaps don’t tell the whole story. They explore how this inequality shapes individuals through education, housing, and risk assessments.
Listen: bit.ly/4epPUTU

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · May 27

PSA: Don’t trust anyone who tells you that you can identify age or period or cohort effects simply by applying the right statistical model to the right type of data. This is fundamentally misunderstanding the nature of the age-period-cohort problem!>

Arrested Development meme.

People have suggested empirically solving the APC problem just by applying the right model to the right data

Well did it work for those people

Not, it never does, I mean, these people somehow delude themselves into thinking it might, but...

...but it might work for us.

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · May 21

Yes, thanks! Our paper should be coming out soon & I'll forward it

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Apr 16

📊ORBIS Workshop
Ever wanted to ethically spy on 550M+ companies? ORBIS gives you the data — ownership, financials, M&A, IP — you name it.
🗓️ May 15 | 🕐 13:00–14:30
📍 Think Tank Room, IFO Institute, Munich (Poschingerstraße 5) Hosted by @isi-munich.bsky.social

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Apr 24

You: "I should really submit that abstract on wealth inequality."
Also you: waits until the last possible second.

🔥 THE LAST POSSIBLE SECOND IS NOW 🔥

CfP for our Wealth Conference closes APRIL 28.

Submit or regret it!
www.lmu.de/isi/en/lates...

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Robert Manduca @robertmanduca.bsky.social · Apr 24

I have a new paper out! "Should Social Insurance Programs Count as Wealth? Augmented Wealth in Research and Policy." Published yesterday in Socio-Economic Review @sasemeeting.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/ser/...

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · Mar 31

The nomination deadline for @asa-ipm.bsky.social awards is TODAY. It doesn't take much or long to nominate a book, paper, or person -- including your own work!

Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · Mar 19

Please nominate someone for an award of the Inequality, Poverty, & Mobility Section of the American Sociological Association (@asa-ipm.bsky.social) IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS (due: March 31st)

Also: Nominate yourself. No time to be shy! Lots of people self-nominate and you should, too.

Details below /1

a woman is holding a small trophy that says " the assistant "

Alt: A woman is holding a trophy and points to you

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · Mar 31

The nomination deadline for @asa-ipm.bsky.social awards is TODAY. It doesn't take much or long to nominate a book, paper, or person -- including your own work!

Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · Mar 19

Please nominate someone for an award of the Inequality, Poverty, & Mobility Section of the American Sociological Association (@asa-ipm.bsky.social) IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS (due: March 31st)

Also: Nominate yourself. No time to be shy! Lots of people self-nominate and you should, too.

Details below /1

a woman is holding a small trophy that says " the assistant "

Alt: A woman is holding a trophy and points to you

media.tenor.com

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RC28 Social Stratification @isa-rc28.bsky.social · Mar 23

ISI International Wealth Conference is open to submission. Submit a 1-3 page extended abstract or a full paper by April 28, 2025 (CET)! Please see more information below @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social

ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Mar 21

Join us for the first
ISI INTERNATIONAL WEALTH CONFERENCE
in Munich, October 9-11 2025

CfP: www.lmu.de/isi/en/lates...

Submit a short abstract or paper by April 28.

Keynotes by Annette Lareau & Lane Kenworthy. And if you arrive a few days early, you can catch the last weekend of Oktoberfest :)

www.lmu.de

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · Mar 24

The conference itself, of course, is after the Oktoberfest as well as after the big "International Trade Fair for Property and Investment" -- which, of course, may also be worth a visit ... for very different reasons!

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Mar 21

Join us for the first
ISI INTERNATIONAL WEALTH CONFERENCE
in Munich, October 9-11 2025

CfP: www.lmu.de/isi/en/lates...

Submit a short abstract or paper by April 28.

Keynotes by Annette Lareau & Lane Kenworthy. And if you arrive a few days early, you can catch the last weekend of Oktoberfest :)

www.lmu.de

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