Commentary and analysis

The European Journal of Sociology has published the remarks delivered at a panel discussion on the life and work of Stone Program faculty affiliate Orlando Patterson, the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. This event took place at...

Stone Program faculty affiliate Jennifer Hochschild, t he Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government, Professor of African and African American Studies, and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University, has published an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune...

On February 11, 2025, philosopher and economist Ingrid Robeyns visited Harvard Kennedy School to present a Stone Inequality Book Talk on Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth. In her lecture, Professor Robeyns drew on her 2024 book to make...

The Law and Political Economy Blog has conducted an interview with Stone Program faculty affiliate Christopher Muller, Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. The interview, conducted by Alex Gourevitch, explores Professor Muller's work on...

Stone Visiting Scholar and Visiting Professor Lucas Chancel co-organized the Inequality and the Environment Symposium for Early-Career Researchers, held at Sciences Po on January 18, 2024. Stone Program Postdoctoral Fellow Shay O'Brien presented research...

Stone Program Postdoctoral Fellow Luis Flores has published " Zoning as a Labor Market Regulation " in Theory & Society, arguing that zoning emerged not only as a property regulation but from contests over emerging labor markets, revealing intersections...

Harvard Kennedy School’s Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy welcomes Professor Lucas Chancel as the 2023-2024 Stone Visiting Scholar. Professor Chancel is an economist who specializes in inequality and in environmental...

The New York Times | By Guz Wezerek, Ryan D. Enos, and Jacob Brown. Jacob R. Brown is a PhD candidate in Government and Social Policy and a Stone PhD Research Fellow. Ryan D. Enos is Professor of Government, at Harvard University. Based on their research...

Vox | Harvard political theorist Danielle Allen discusses the US’s founding, prison abolition, and the future of democracy. An edited excerpt from her conversation with Ezra Klein. Listen to the full podcast ►

American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Final report of the bipartisan Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship, co-chaired by Danielle Allen of Harvard University, Stephen B. Heintz, and Eric Liu. The report includes 31 recommendations to...