The Inequality Podcast

Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility 63 - Daniel Markovits on ‘The Meritocracy Trap’ (Live)

Presented by the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility at the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, The Inequality Podcast brings together scholars across disciplines to discuss the causes and consequences of inequality and strategies to promote economic mobility. This podcast is hosted by sociologist Geoff Wodtke and economists Steven Durlauf and Damon Jones.

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The Inequality Podcast

Episodios

Daniel Markovits on ‘The Meritocracy Trap’ (Live)

Beatrice Cherrier on the Evolution of Economic Thought

Lane Kenworthy on What Matters More Than Inequality Reduction

David Brady on the Politics of Poverty

Jahel Queralt on the Costs of Moralizing Success and Failure

Thomas Mulligan on Acting Meritocratically

Philip Kitcher on the Erosion of Ethics in Policymaking

Michelle Jackson on the Overworked Labor Force

Tom VanHeuvelen on the Future of Organized Labor

Leslie McCall on Intersectional Inequality, AI, and Meritocracy

Joe Soss on Welfare Reform and ‘Legal Plunder’

Mario Small on Networks and Urban Poverty

Kim Bowes on Ancient Romans’ Economic Lives

Joseph Stiglitz on Pioneering the Economics of Inequality

René Flores on Immigration Enforcement and ‘Social Illegality’

Immigration, Assimilation, and Intergenerational Mobility, Featuring Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan

Sven Beckert on How Capitalism Won

Jonathan Levy on What Really Makes Up ‘The Economy’

A New History of Equality, Featuring Darrin McMahon, Jonathan Levy, Jenny Trinitapoli, and Steven Durlauf

Lena Edlund on Women, Wealth, and Opportunity

Stephen Raudenbush on Creating ‘Ambitious’ Schools

Doug Downey on ‘How Schools Really Matter’

Nicole Fortin on the Economic Progress of Women

Damon Jones on Household Finance and Racial Inequality

Joseph Fishkin on ‘Bottlenecks’ and Democracy

Alexander Monge-Naranjo on the College Affordability Crisis

Francisco Ferreira on Inherited Inequality

Wendy Carlin on Changing Economics’ “Core” Curriculum

Eric Schliesser on Adam Smith’s Warnings About Inequality

Cristobal Young on ‘The Myth’ of Millionaire Tax Flight

Caterina Calsamiglia on Incentive and Equity Effects in School Choice and Education Policy

Fabian Pfeffer on Wealth Inequality Across Countries

Rachel Kranton on Identity and Economics

Educational Attainment and Inequality, featuring Salvador Navarro and Stephen Trejo

Deirdre Bloome on Intergenerational-Contextual Approaches to Inequality

Dionissi Aliprantis on Segregation and Neighborhood Effects

Scott Page on Complex Systems Thinking and Diversity

Daniel Aldana Cohen on the Climate and Housing Crises

Peter Boettke on Classical Liberalism’s Moral Philosophy

The Age of Unpredictable and Precarious Work, featuring Jake Rosenfeld and Daniel Schneider

Advances and Obstacles in Gender Inequality, Featuring Martha Bailey and Natasha Quadlin

Lauren Rivera on Meritocracy and Its Failings

David Lay Williams on the Intellectual History of Inequality

Transdisciplinary Approaches to Wealth Inequality, Featuring Alberto Bisin and Jean-Philippe Bouchaud

Sports, Race, and Labor, Featuring Bomani Jones, Ilyana Kuziemko, Matthew Notowidigdo, and Kenneth Shropshire

The Costs of Mass Incarceration Featuring Christopher Muller and Hedy Lee

Bhash Mazumder on Intergenerational Mobility and Its Many Dimensions

Family, Identity, and Inequality, Featuring Ariel Kalil and Mesmin Destin

How Neighborhoods and Schools Shape Inequality, Featuring Felix Elwert, David Harding, Geoffrey Wodtke, and Marissa Thompson

Janet Gornick on the Importance of Measuring Socio-Economic Inequality