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morellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · 13d

Do intergenerational asset transfers matter for intragenerational education choices? Thanks to Jan Mazza for discussing his paper at the Inequality in Rome Seminar. Next up: Bernardo Fanfani, 8 Oct 2025, 12–1 PM.
Info: sites.google.com/view/inequal...

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morellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · 15d

Ready to start a new season of the Inequality In Rome Seminar Series!
We begin on Wed, 24 Sept with Jan Mazza.
Join us in Rome or follow us online at 12pm (Rome - IT time).
Full program & registration 👉 sites.google.com/view/inequal...

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Forum Disuguaglianze e Diversità @forumdd.bsky.social · 20d

Il problema non è nell'eredità in sé, ma che solo poche persone ricevano eredità sostanziose. Il problema è la disuguaglianza generata, non per merito ma per nascita.

Su Presa Diretta, nella puntata "La grande ricchezza", c'è anche il ForumDD con @morellisal.bsky.social

Rivedi l'inchiesta 👇

PresaDiretta 2025/26 - La grande ricchezza - 07/09/2025 - Video - RaiPlay

Il viaggio di PresaDiretta nel mondo del lusso e dei super-ricchi che scelgono l'Italia come nuova residenza, attratti da una tassazione agevolata che li rende sempre più privilegiati. Dalla Riviera l...

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morellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · 26d

The #InequalityInRome seminar series is back!
We start again on Wed, 26 Sept with Jan Mazza.
Discover the full program & register here 👉https://sites.google.com/view/inequality-in-rome/seminar-series

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morellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · 28d

Two new openings for postdoctoral scholars with us at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality in NYC - Apply by Nov 3 @stone-lis.bsky.social

Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 29d

Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
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Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality

The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.

stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu

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Forum Disuguaglianze e Diversità @forumdd.bsky.social · Aug 28

Negli ultimi anni abbiamo assistito a un’impennata del numero dei miliardari e dei loro patrimoni in Europa. E l’Italia è un caso particolare: da decenni ha un tasso di crescita limitato ma la ricchezza è elevata.

Su Vita.it il contributo di @morellisal.bsky.social

👉 www.vita.it/storie-e-per...

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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · Jul 12

The GC CUNY Stone Center community showed up! Max Longmuir and Severin Rapp - current Postdoctoral Scholars and members of the GC Wealth Project team - presented ongoing research projects on wealth.
@smaexie.bsky.social @severinrapp.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social

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morellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · Jun 30

The 2nd edition of the Lofoten Int'l Symposium on Inequality & Taxation (#LISIT2025) was a success.

Roberto Iacono @robertoiacono.org · Jun 30

The 2nd Lofoten Int'l Symposium on Inequality & Taxation (#LISIT2025) is now history! A fabulous 2-day workshop with a stellar group of economists & public finance scholars, surrounded by the stunning peaks & sea views that only the Lofoten islands can offer. Thread below

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morellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · Jun 21

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Show Your Stripes

Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe

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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · Jun 16

A new WP by @guidoalfani.bsky.social provides the most in-depth examination of factors affecting inequality at the local level of any preindustrial society, and adds to our understanding of the distributional effects of epidemics.

stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/research/wea...

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morellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · Jun 16

Ridurre le disuguaglianze generate dalle grandi eredità è possibile. Ne ho parlato al convegno di OxfamItalia
a partire da un nuovo paper The influence of inheritances on wealth inequality in rich countries. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@fattoquotidiano
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ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/06/16/t...

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morellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · Jun 10

Branko Milanovic ha anche rilasciato un'intervista a Micromega lo scorso 30 maggio, in occasione della sua keynote lecture.

Di seguito il link per accedere all'articolo:
www.micromega.net/branko-milan...

L'intervista è per gli abbonati, ma il primo articolo è gratuito per chi si registra

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morellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · Jun 10

Branko Milanovic's (@brankomilan.bsky.social‬‬ @stone-lis.bsky.social) keynote about his book Visions of Inequality marked the opening of the 40th PhD cycle in Economics at
Roma Tre University. A fun and rich debate ensued!

(#InRome Public Lecture!)

Some pics 👇👇

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · Jun 6

Just FYI: Martin Wolf and I will be doing a series of podcasts for the FT. Landing page here, but also on various platforms www.ft.com/wolf-krugman...

Podcast: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange

The old economic order is dead. What will replace it?

www.ft.com

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morellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · Jun 6

As many countries see the rise of a new "inheritocracy," estate, inheritance, and gift (EIG) taxes are declining. But there's a lot of variation across countries' EIG tax. Learn how to visualize data on the GC Wealth Project site (@[email protected])
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wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu/news/article...

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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · Jun 5

With five months now in, its looking increasingly likely 2025 will end up as the second warmest on record. It could still end up as the third warmest after 2024 and 2023, but it's virtually certain to be a top-three year.

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morellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · May 29

⬇️ Tomorrow (May 30: 2:30 pm) join us in Rome! with
@brankomilan.bsky.social (@stone-lis.bsky.social‬)

@EconomiaRomaTre

@Giur_Roma_Tre

sites.google.com/view/inequal...

#PhDEcon

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morellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · May 28

Today with Simon Toussaint (Utrecht School of Economics) for the InRome Seminar, discussing his paper "Robust Estimation of Private Business Wealth".
Don’t miss the next one!
David Leite das Neves (Paris School of Economics): The Firm as Tax Shelter, on Jun 11.
Info: sites.google.com/view/inequal...

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · May 24

MEDITERRANEAN RECORD HEAT
47.3 Algeria,46.5 Libya,40.4 Turkey,39.6 Greece
Dozens of records pulverized

Next days extreme heat in Spain and Portugal with possible 40C and many records

As always happened every month of 2024/2025,Italy will be the only country totally untouched.

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Libération @liberation.fr · May 24

🌡️ Les Emirats arabes unis ont enregistré vendredi la température la plus élevée jamais mesurée au mois de mai depuis le début des relevés en 2003, avec 51,6 degrés Celsius.

Le record a été établi dans la ville de Sweihan, dans le nord du pays.

En savoir plus 👇

Avec 51,6 degrés en mai, les Emirats arabes unis battent un record de température

Les Emirats arabes unis ont enregistré vendredi la température la plus élevée jamais mesurée au mois de mai depuis le début des relevés en 2003, avec 51,6 degrés Celsius, selon le Centre national de météorologie (NCM).

www.liberation.fr

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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · May 23

In April, GC-CUNY's Stone Center hosted a 2-day workshop on socio-economic inequality in China. The 20+ presentations were fascinating, covering multiple facets of inequality and assessing a vast array of Chinese & cross-national data sources. @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @lisdata.bsky.social
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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · May 22

Socioeconomic Inequality in China — check out research by China scholars from ZJU, XMU, HKU, the World Bank, NYU, Princeton, PKU, RUC, ZEW, Bucknell, Roma Tre, LIS, the GC CUNY Stone Center, & more! Presented at our first international workshop on China.
bit.ly/3Se2bkb

Socio-Economic Inequality in China Through a Cross-National Lens: Stone Center Workshop - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality

In this post, Stone Center postdoctoral scholar Zhexun Mo, an economist whose research focuses on the intersection of political economics, development, and economic history, reflects on the Center’s r...

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Forum Disuguaglianze e Diversità @forumdd.bsky.social · May 23

Una società in cui l'eredità gioca un ruolo importante è quella in cui si cristallizzano nel tempo le posizioni socioeconomiche, in cui si può indovinare la posizione sociale futura dei giovani guardando a quella dei genitori.

Ne parla @morellisal.bsky.social oggi in edicola sull'Espresso 👇👇👇

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morellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · May 22

🔔 | May 30, 3:30 pm – Roma Tre
We are very pleased to host the keynote lecture Visions of Inequality by Branko Milanovic (‪@brankomilan.bsky.social‬ @stone-lis.bsky.social‬) for the inaugural event of the 40th cycle of the PhD in Economics.

Jointly with Law Dep and #InRome Public Lecture series

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morellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · May 20

"A new approach to measuring unfair inequalities" from our colleague Francesca Subioli and co-authors

Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · May 19

How much inequality should be tolerated? A working paper by Francesco Colcerasa, Lorenzo Giammei, and Francesca Subioli (GC Wealth Project) proposes a new approach to measuring unfair inequalities. Check out the new WP in the Stone Center Working Paper Series

stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/research/the...

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morellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · May 14

Join us in Rome (or tune in) for today's seminar with Emanuele Campiglio from UniBO speaking about WarningWords in a Warming World: Central Bank Communication and Climate Change. 12-1pm Rome time. Register here: sites.google.com/view/inequal...

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