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American Inequality and the 2008 Election




Political scientists Larry M. Bartels (Princeton University) and Theda Skocpol (Harvard University) discuss the 2008 Presidential election and what it means for trends in economic inequality in the United States.

Moderated by political scientist Jennifer...

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American Dream breeds shame and blame for job seekers

March 25, 2014

BBC News Magazine | Victor Tan Chen (Ph.D. '12)



American Cities at a Breaking Point

April 27, 2015

Chicago Sun Times | Citing research of Devah Pager



American Academy elects new members

April 22, 2015

Harvard Gazette | Roland Fryer



America's mayors are taking on the big problems, but they can't escape partisan divide

May 21, 2015

The Conversation | By Katherine Levine Einstein (Ph.D. '12) and David Glick



America's Biggest Problem Isn't Income Inequality. It's Concentrated Poverty

August 10, 2015

The Atlantic—CityLab | Highlights work of Robert Sampson and Patrick Sharkey (Ph.D. '07) in illuminating wide-ranging effects of concentrated poverty.



America's best program for the poor may be even better than we thought

July 16, 2015

Vox |Cites work by Jonah Rockoff (Ph.D. '04), co-authored with Raj Chetty and John N. Friedman, on long-term impacts of tax credits on children's test scores, college attendance, earnings, and teen birth rates.



America may be in a reinforcing feedback loop of growing inequality and Republican rule

November 4, 2015

Vox | Delves into informational model put forth by Torben Iversen and David Soskice (LSE) to explain why growing income inequality in the U.S. is associated with polarization in Congress but not in the mass electorate. View Iversen-Soskice's original article in the current issue of Comparative Political Studies ▶



Amelia Peterson

PhD in Education Policy and Program Evaluation, 2020
LSE Fellow in Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science (2019-2021)
Founding Faculty, London Interdisciplinary School (beginning 2021)

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Alphachatterbox: Our podcast chat with Claudia Goldin

December 11, 2015

Financial Times [audio: 55 mins]|An in-depth conversation with economist Claudia Goldin about her work on the history of women in the workforce and the causes of the lingering gender wage gap.

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