Guido Alfani

@guidoalfani.bsky.social

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Economic historian & Historical demographer at Bocconi University, Milan. Affiliated scholar of the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, NY.
Working on the history of inequality and social mobility and on the history of pandemics & other catastrophes .. more

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Guido Alfani @guidoalfani.bsky.social · 12d

as professor Robinson argues:
"To me, the crisis of modern democracy in large parts of the world is really a crisis of [...] the ideological foundations of democracy, in some sense. People stopped believeing in democracy as the best system of government"

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Guido Alfani @guidoalfani.bsky.social · 12d

In this episode of the Dondena Decode podcast I have the honour of interviewing Nobel laureate James Robinson on the reasons why modern democracy is proving to be a fragile institution, on the importance of studying the past, on the consequences of getting a Nobel...
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Dondena Decode - Episode 5

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Guido Alfani @guidoalfani.bsky.social · 21d

Oggi sul Sole 24 Ore: un mio articolo sulla distribuzione del reddito in tempi di rivoluzione tecnologica. Durante la Rivoluzione Industriale, le classi lavoratrici dovettero attendere un secolo prima d’iniziare a beneficiare del progresso. Sarà diverso con l'IA?
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Redistribuire il reddito in tempi di rivoluzione tecnologica

Oggi l’attenzione tende a focalizzarsi sulla crescita senza domandarsi chi beneficerà dello sviluppo economico futuro

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Guido Alfani @guidoalfani.bsky.social · 21d

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Guido Alfani @guidoalfani.bsky.social · 21d

There is still time to apply for the 2026 Datini-Ester seminar on "Craft Guilds & Unions"! All PhD students working on these topics are welcome to apply! Join us in beautiful Prato (Tuscany) for this funded experience! (deadline November 15)
www.istitutodatini.it/ester/htm/ca...

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Guido Alfani @guidoalfani.bsky.social · Oct 10

Grazie a @wired.it per avermi invitato al Wired Next Fest Trentino 2025, a discutere di ricchi e concentrazione della ricchezza con Emiliano Audisio👇
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Guido Alfani a Wired Next Fest 2025: “Troppi ricchi oggi? In passato abbiamo visto di peggio”

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Guido Alfani @guidoalfani.bsky.social · Oct 8

Thanks! 🙏It has been great hosting you all in Milan!

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Guido Alfani @guidoalfani.bsky.social · Oct 3

The link to attend the conference via zoom can also be found below (scroll to the bottom of the page). Among the participants, @brankomilan.bsky.social @jrodriguezweber.bsky.social @artolam.bsky.social @ggabbuti.bsky.social @martinhist.bsky.social and many others!
www.unibocconi.it/it/eventi/in...

Inequality & History - Università Bocconi

Organizzato da DONDENA

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Guido Alfani @guidoalfani.bsky.social · Oct 3

Next Monday (Oct 6) the two-days conference "Inequality & History" will begin, hosted by @dondenacentre.bsky.social at Bocconi University (Milan). Join us to explore & debate inequality across history, from Classical Antiquity until today! Remote attendance possible; QR code in the program below👇

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Guido Alfani @guidoalfani.bsky.social · Oct 2

And here is the book! (@princetonupress.bsky.social)
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As Gods Among Men

"In this masterly book, [Alfani] offers an insightful long-run perspective and fascinating lessons for the future. A must-read!"—Thomas Piketty, author of Capital in the Twenty-First CenturyA sweeping...

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Guido Alfani @guidoalfani.bsky.social · Oct 2

I am proud to announce that my book "As Gods Among Men. A History of the Rich in the West" has been awarded the Ranki Biennial Prize by the Economic History Association!😊👇

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dondenacentre.bsky.social @dondenacentre.bsky.social · Oct 2

🎙️ New episode of Dondena Decode!

In this episode, Sonia Schifano (Bocconi University) interviews Fabian Drixler from Yale University on his research between climate and economy in history!!

📷 Listen at: 👉

open.spotify.com/episode/0YDR...

Dondena Decode - Episode 4

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Guido Alfani @guidoalfani.bsky.social · Sep 26

In Renaissance Florence, the Medici family had the habit of holding a procession on the Feast of the Epiphany dressed as the Three Wise Men. Why would this matter for our understanding of social mobility in the past - and maybe not only in the past...? 👇

Guido Alfani @guidoalfani.bsky.social · Sep 26

Glimpses from the Lecture: in the last seven centuries or so, inequality grew almost constantly - the only phases of decline were triggered by major catastrophes (the interpretation of the data is slightly less depressing that it might seem...) (but just slightly, mind...)👇

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Guido Alfani @guidoalfani.bsky.social · Sep 26

The recording of the Tawney Lecture on "Economic Inequality and Social Mobility in Preindustrial Societies", which I had the honour to deliver in Glasgow last spring, is now online! Thanks
@echistsoc.bsky.social for inviting me.
ehs.org.uk/multimedia/t...

Tawney Lecture 2025: Economic inequality and social mobility in preindustrial societies - Economic History Society

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