Inequality

Economists Take Aim at Wealth Inequality

Prof. Richard Thaler says that a growing wealth gap in America is ‘pretty much indisputable’


As America Desegregates, Will Civil Rights Protections Suffer?

Asst. Prof. Nicholas Stephanopoulos authors article, which finds that racial inequalities persist, despite decreased segregation in cities


Police Killings of Blacks: Here Is What the Data Say

Prof. Jens Ludwig emphasizes the role of poverty in minority inequality and maltreatment


Geoffrey Wodtke

Title: Associate Professor of Sociology; Associate Director, Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility

Expertise: Inequality, Poverty, Mobility, Community and Urban Sociology

Departmental Website: https://sociology.uchicago.edu/directory/geoffrey-wodtke-0

Evelyn Brodkin

Title: Associate Professor Emerita at the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

Expertise: Public policy, Inequality

Departmental site: https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/crownscholars/e-brodkin

Lubos Pastor

Title: Charles P. McQuaid Professor of Finance and Robert King Steel Faculty Fellow, Chicago Booth

Expertise: Capital markets, Inequality

Departmental website: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/p/lubos-pastor

Amir Sufi

Title: Bruce Lindsay Professor of Economics and Public Policy

Expertise: Macroeconomics, Housing, Inequality

Departmental website: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/s/amir-sufi

Steven N. Durlauf

Title: Steans Professor of Educational Policy, Harris School of Public Policy; Director, Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility

Expertise: Inequality, Poverty

Departmental website: https://harris.uchicago.edu/directory/steven-durlauf