Is the EU more unequal than the Habsburg empire?​ A new WP by Philipp Erfurth Philipp Erfurth examines inequality between Habsburg regions from 1870-2018, arguing that despite recent convergence #inequality is higher today than in 19th century: bit.ly/3IXbygO The Graduate Center

Inequality among comparable regions higher in EU than in Habsburg era, measured using Branko Milanovic ‘s Gini II coefficient. Improved compared to 18 years ago but still long way to reach 19th century levels. This & more in my new Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality Working Paper: osf.io/preprints/soca…

🗣️Join us next Tuesday at 5pm CET for a YSI #econhist discussion with Philipp Erfurth on the Income Inequality and Unification in 19th Century Italy and Germany We are excited to welcome Giacomo Gabbuti as a chair for this session! Registration: bit.ly/3tWiRRS See you online!

📌Join us tomorrow at 5pm CET for a YSI #econhist discussion with Philipp Erfurth on the Income Inequality and Unification in 19th Century Italy and Germany We are excited to welcome Giacomo Gabbuti as a chair for this session! Registration: bit.ly/3tWiRRS See you online!

Boxer at rest - Incredible ~4th century BC Bronze statue on Display at Palazzo Massimo in Rome. Visited the Massimo several times and never more than a few dozen people. When in Rome avoid the crowds at Trevi Fountain and go see the Boxer (and amazing Roman mosaics)..

Bracing for a summer-Twitter-feed full of: Shame on <insert airline name> for cancelling my flight to <insert destination>! Will never fly with <insert airline name> again!

New WP alert 🚨 In new #LIS WP, I find evidence of regional inequality convergence using LIS disaggregated at subnational/regional level. Convergence is associated with unitary rather than federal state systems. Check out the full paper here: lisdatacenter.org/wps/liswps/841…

Moonrise > Sunrise

The 1848 Revolution is possibly one of the most interesting episodes for class/social analysis. It is not surprising that in the Cagé-Piketty book it gets much analyzed, incl. Tocqueville's and Marx's writings on it. See this: globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/11/05/202…

Must read!

Delighted to give my first "foreign" talk on "Visions of Inequality" in Mexico City.

How unequal was a rural society in the Roman Empire? A new WP by Philipp Erfurth Philipp Erfurth examines income inequality in rural Roman Egypt in 1st century using daily social tables that build on data from papyri. bit.ly/4aniP7l