Harvard Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy | Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy

The James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy unites faculty, students, and researchers from across Harvard University and beyond to study and address the causes and consequences of wealth concentration and economic inequality.

Seminar

For over a quarter century, scholars have given talks in the weekly Stone Inequality & Social Policy Seminar.

Stone Lectures

The Stone Lectures in Economic Inequality bring greater awareness to wealth concentration and inequality.

Book Talks

Authors of new books on economic inequality and social policy speak in the Stone Inequality Book Talk Series.

Fellowships

The program offers fellowships and research grants for PhD students, postdoctoral scholars, and faculty researchers.

In Memoriam:

Christopher "Sandy" Jencks

The Stone Program mourns the loss of Christopher “Sandy” Jencks, the Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy, Emeritus. He passed away on Saturday, February 8, 2025. We are honored to share remembrances from a small handful of the many whose lives Sandy improved.

Read the remembrances