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Steven Durlauf @durlauf.bsky.social · 3d

Very valuable thread.

The incredible shrinking attack on U.S. universities continues.

Cornell has signed an agreement—but unlike the UVA agreement, instead of pledging to follow the gov't's highly questionable July "guidance" on discrimination, Cornell simply agrees to hand it out to faculty as a "training resource"!

Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 3d

The incredible shrinking attack on U.S. universities continues.

Cornell has signed an agreement—but unlike the UVA agreement, instead of pledging to follow the gov't's highly questionable July "guidance" on discrimination, Cornell simply agrees to hand it out to faculty as a "training resource"!

Both parties affirm the importance of and their support for civil rights. Cornell affirms its committment to complying with federal civil rights laws and agrees to include the DOJ's "Guidance for Recipients of Federal Funding Regarding Unlawful Discrimination" of July 29, 2025 as a training resource to faculty and staff so long as that Guidance remains operative.

UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · 8d

Inequality Reconsidered: A Week with the Stone Center begins today! Missed the registration window for our Nov. 4 lecture with Sam Bowles? Don’t worry, you can still join “Why Economic Inequalities Endure” on Thursday, Nov. 6.
Seats are limited, don't wait → cvent.me/aWXMPq

Steven Durlauf @durlauf.bsky.social · 11d

There is no greater joy in my academic career than my lifelong collaboration and friendship with Andros Kourtellos
and Chih Ming Tan. They are "deep roots" for my trajectory as a social scientist.

UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · 12d

Research trio @durlauf.bsky.social, Andros Kourtellos, and Chih Ming Tan reunited at the Stone Center this past summer to continue their collaborative efforts on refining measures of inequality. Learn more about their joint work and its reach→ stonecenter.uchicago.edu/news-insight...

Long-time Collaborators Reunite at the Stone Center - Stone Center

Where Ideas on Economic Growth and Intergenerational Mobility Converge Andros Kourtellos and Chih Ming Tan have been researching inequality for nearly two decades. Initially drawn to cross-country dif...

stonecenter.uchicago.edu

UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · 12d

Research trio @durlauf.bsky.social, Andros Kourtellos, and Chih Ming Tan reunited at the Stone Center this past summer to continue their collaborative efforts on refining measures of inequality. Learn more about their joint work and its reach→ stonecenter.uchicago.edu/news-insight...

Long-time Collaborators Reunite at the Stone Center - Stone Center

Where Ideas on Economic Growth and Intergenerational Mobility Converge Andros Kourtellos and Chih Ming Tan have been researching inequality for nearly two decades. Initially drawn to cross-country dif...

stonecenter.uchicago.edu

Steven Durlauf @durlauf.bsky.social · 14d

@corinnelow.com
is an exceptionally creative, broadminded, and humane scholar. This is a lovely description of her book.

Corinne Low @corinnelow.com · 15d

Hi! Since others are talking about my book, thought I'd share a little about it. The book is a love letter to women everywhere wondering why their time just isn't adding up. It turns out, it's not you! We are getting massively squeezed by structural changes! 🧵
www.amazon.com/Having-All-T...

Corinne Low @corinnelow.com · 15d

Hi! Since others are talking about my book, thought I'd share a little about it. The book is a love letter to women everywhere wondering why their time just isn't adding up. It turns out, it's not you! We are getting massively squeezed by structural changes! 🧵
www.amazon.com/Having-All-T...

Steven Durlauf @durlauf.bsky.social · 15d

Truly consequential social science.

Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 15d

The violent history of segregation and desegregation is a reminder of why safe routes mattered —not just for children— but for adults, too. Contribute your story to this important story. Your story of segregation is history, too.

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 15d

The violent history of segregation and desegregation is a reminder of why safe routes mattered —not just for children— but for adults, too. Contribute your story to this important story. Your story of segregation is history, too.

greenbookproject.osu.edu

#GreenBookProject
#EconSky
#CommunityMap

Jaden Jefferson @jadenreports.bsky.social · 20d

In case you missed it ⬇️

I sat down with University of Chicago Professor Steven Durlauf, director of the school's Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, for a comprehensive look at U.S. wealth inequality.

Watch the interview here: youtu.be/8f-ECvXYfWw?...

Steven Durlauf @durlauf.bsky.social · 20d

I invite you to listen to this conversation with my wonderful colleague @nomadj1s.bsky.social,
Associate Director of @ucstonecenter.bsky.social, in which we explore the many interesting facts of his research ranging from racial inequality to consumer behavior.

UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · 20d

It’s not every day we interview one of our own directors on the Podcast, but when we do, it’s worth a listen. @durlauf.bsky.social talks with @nomadj1s.bsky.social about household finance, UBI, editing a special issue of the JEL, and what an individualistic perspective might omit.
🎧→ bit.ly/4qlcFOt

UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · 20d

It’s not every day we interview one of our own directors on the Podcast, but when we do, it’s worth a listen. @durlauf.bsky.social talks with @nomadj1s.bsky.social about household finance, UBI, editing a special issue of the JEL, and what an individualistic perspective might omit.
🎧→ bit.ly/4qlcFOt

Steven Durlauf @durlauf.bsky.social · 23d

The wonderful 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics brought to mind this Soviet poster which embodies a different set of ideas: "Let Us Speed Up the Pace of Technological Progress!"

Steven Durlauf @durlauf.bsky.social · 25d

Delighted that a true doyen of inequality research, Sam Bowles, will visit @ucstonecenter.bsky.social to deliver the first Stone Lecture. And honored that he will engage in a public conversation on inequality with me. Please join us!

UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · 25d

Inequality persists not by accident, but by architecture. Join Samuel Bowles & @durlauf.bsky.social for Inequality Reconsidered: A Week with the Stone Center featuring insightful exchanges on research, policy, and the path forward.
Systems won't change themselves. Be a Part of It → cvent.me/aWXMPq

UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · 25d

Inequality persists not by accident, but by architecture. Join Samuel Bowles & @durlauf.bsky.social for Inequality Reconsidered: A Week with the Stone Center featuring insightful exchanges on research, policy, and the path forward.
Systems won't change themselves. Be a Part of It → cvent.me/aWXMPq

David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 26d

To be sure, according to Plato's Socrates, not trusting qualified experts is a defining feature of democracy. It's also what got Socrates the death sentence (qua the Apology) and also puts society on a path to tyranny (qua the Republic).

Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 26d

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · 26d

Discussions about student loans are in the news more than ever. This Friday, we’ll hear from an expert who's using administrative credit bureau data to study the effects of loan forgiveness. Register now to be part of the conversation → zurl.co/sZ9VG

UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · 29d

Registration for the Autumn 2025 Inequality Workshop is now open → forms.gle/bbnp8ZgfBxE7...
We'll see you there!

UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · Oct 10

Measuring inequality of opportunity must account for the context in which choices are made. Using linear Bayesian model averaging & machine-learning methods, researchers show how estimates of opportunity inequality vary across model specifications and EU countries.
Read the paper → zurl.co/WD1ej

Steven Durlauf @durlauf.bsky.social · Oct 10

That is very nice of you to say. FWIW there is a growing literature in economics that measures "inherited inequality" that is directly inspired by Roemer's work. Here is a survey eprints.lse.ac.uk/126263/1/III....

eprints.lse.ac.uk

Steven Durlauf @durlauf.bsky.social · Oct 10

Roemer's work on equality of opportunity takes pride of place. I also put great value on his work on political competition and inequality dynamics and his work in analytical Marxism, with his work on exploitation especially significant.

Steven Durlauf @durlauf.bsky.social · Oct 10

If I were the social planner, the next Nobel Prize in Economics would be awarded to Samuel Bowles, Glenn Loury, and John Roemer. Their work is foundational to the modern study of inequality, addressing normative and positive dimensions of inequality with profound insight.

Steven Durlauf @durlauf.bsky.social · Oct 7

Delighted to post this wonderful conversation with Joseph Fishkin, whose brilliant book Bottlenecks has so deeply influenced my thinking about inequality and meritocracy.

UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · Oct 7

What if the goal isn’t equal outcomes, but equal access? This week on the podcast, @durlauf.bsky.social and @fishkin.bsky.social discuss opportunity pluralism, meritocracy, and how political economy has shaped American democracy.
If you care about inequality, this is a must-listen → zurl.co/JRALG

UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · Oct 7

What if the goal isn’t equal outcomes, but equal access? This week on the podcast, @durlauf.bsky.social and @fishkin.bsky.social discuss opportunity pluralism, meritocracy, and how political economy has shaped American democracy.
If you care about inequality, this is a must-listen → zurl.co/JRALG

Becker Friedman Institute for Economics @beckerfriedman.bsky.social · Oct 6

Parental income and family structure during childhood shape adult income—especially in middle childhood and adolescence. These effects complement one another across key developmental stages. Research by Yoosoon Chang, Steven Durlauf, Bo Hu & Joon Park. https://ow.ly/kZeL50X7ott

The Effects of Parental Income and Family Structure on Intergenerational Mobility: A Trajectories-Based Approach | Becker Friedman Institute

A rich literature within economics focuses on , or, the relationship between parents’ socioeconomic status and their children’s outcomes later in life. While much research focuses on how parents’ average income shapes that of their child, research also suggests that timing matters across childhood. Moreover, joint consideration of family income and family structure is less Read more...

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UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · Sep 29

Earlier this month, we hosted an authors' conference for the upcoming volume, "Whither Meritocracy?" published by the ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
Read the recap and preview what's to come → bit.ly/46VBKro

Steven Durlauf @durlauf.bsky.social · Sep 24

Very happy that exceptional conversation with Alexander Monge-Naranjo has posted. Alex's work addresses many aspects of inequality, from financial barriers to college attainment to the dynamics of spatial inequality in cities.

UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · Sep 23

Alexander Monge-Naranjo has been researching the role of credit constraints in shaping educational attainment. He sits down with @durlauf.bsky.social to discuss how credit access matters for recent cohorts, whereas family resources were more determinative for earlier groups.
Listen → bit.ly/4nOXPxK

UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · Sep 23

Alexander Monge-Naranjo has been researching the role of credit constraints in shaping educational attainment. He sits down with @durlauf.bsky.social to discuss how credit access matters for recent cohorts, whereas family resources were more determinative for earlier groups.
Listen → bit.ly/4nOXPxK

Steven Durlauf @durlauf.bsky.social · Sep 10

Very happy to share this terrific conversation with Francisco Ferreira @lseinequalities.bsky.social, with a focus on his foundational work on inherited inequality.

UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · Sep 10

"How much of the inequality we observe today can be predicted by inherited circumstances?”
This week on the podcast, Steven Durlauf is joined by Francisco Ferreira to explore how inherited inequality unfolds across countries and regions.
🎧 Hear the full conversation bit.ly/45XLHnV

UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · Sep 10

"How much of the inequality we observe today can be predicted by inherited circumstances?”
This week on the podcast, Steven Durlauf is joined by Francisco Ferreira to explore how inherited inequality unfolds across countries and regions.
🎧 Hear the full conversation bit.ly/45XLHnV

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