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Stone Visiting Scholar applications for 2025-2026 are due today by 11:59PM EST. This fellowship funds a year at HKS for faculty researching topics related to wealth distribution, inequality, and social policy. More information & application instructions: inequality.hks.harvard.edu/visiting-schol…

🔔 TODAY at 6pm: NeeraTanden46 Archived & Jason Furman join us for "Policy Making in the Modern Era" in the JFK Jr. Forum! RSVP (HUID required): ken.sc/forum-1017 Livestream available: ken.sc/IOP-streams

STONE INEQUALITY BOOK TALK: Join us at HKS on October 31st to hear Mehrsa Baradaran discuss THE QUIET COUP: Neoliberalism and the Looting of America. More info: inequality.hks.harvard.edu/event/stone-in…

The proportion of students across cohorts earning an associate degree (AD) in a STEM program has increased, but not the proportion who earned an AD in a healthcare program, from Richard J. Murnane, John B. Willett, Aubrey McDonough, John P. Papay, and Ann J. Mantil

Join us at 3pm tomorrow, Oct 31, to hear Mehrsa Baradaran discuss her latest book in the Stone Inequality Book Talk Series at HKS. More info: inequality.hks.harvard.edu/event/stone-in…

Join us at HKS on Wednesday, November 20, for a discussion of Orlando Patterson's Paradox of Freedom, featuring panelists Adom Getachew, alexgourevitch, and Aziz Rana, with a response by Orlando Patterson. More info & registration: inequality.hks.harvard.edu/event/stone-in…

Dream event for me. Orlando Patterson an absolute giant. One of the greatest living thinkers on freedom and slavery. Free and open to the public. Anyone in Boston area come check it out!

The application deadline is approaching for postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard Kennedy School's Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy. Applications are due on December 1, 2024. Details and application instructions: inequality.hks.harvard.edu/postdoctoral-f…

Last year, I was honoured to spend a day at the Royal Anthropological Institute with an intellectual hero of mine, Orlando Patterson, discussing this important new work of his, which is out today.

Join the IOP & Harvard Ash Center for an important conversation about the implications for U.S. democracy with a panel of experts: Jennifer Hochschild; Alex Keyssar; Benjamin Schneer; & Archon Fung (Archon Fung). RSVP (HUID required): ken.sc/d24-1120

Today, alexgourevitch interviews Christopher Muller about the complex relationship between labor exploitation and incarceration, rising class inequality in prison admission rates, and why we should be weary of functionalist explanations for incarceration. lpeproject.org/blog/between-s…

I had the pleasure of interviewing the sociologist Chris Muller on race, labor and incarceration. Absolutely fascinating stuff. A must read for anyone interested in the topic.

1/ 🚨New Research Alert!🚨 📄 NBER WP: "Tearing the Paper Ceiling: The Impact of State Commitments to Remove Degree Requirements on Public Awareness and Job Opportunities for STARs" nber.org/papers/w33220 Papia Debroy Justin Heck Blair Corcoran De Castillo Opportunity@Work

Congratulations to Professor Orlando Patterson, who has received the 2024 Hegel Prize. inequality.hks.harvard.edu/news/orlando-p…

This week, Harvard Sociology Professor Christopher Muller explores the link between incarceration rates and labor demand in the US, while Duke University sociologist Hedy (Hedwig) Lee reveals the hidden tolls on families of the incarcerated—from mental health to financial strain. Listen every other

If you missed the discussion of Orlando Patterson's 'Paradox of Freedom', hosted by Harvard Inequality | HKS Stone Program, don't worry. You can watch the panel here: youtube.com/watch?v=R2d5kZ…