Wealth inequality is something else!. In a new @ASR_Journal paper, @nora_wait and I document large international differences in wealth inequality & assess what's driving them. It's just one step in what should be a fruitful strand of comparative research. Here's what we find /1

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RT @cmtneztt: Has wealth inequality evolved differently in Europe than in the US over the last five decades? If so, why?. A 🧵:.

In fact, at some point, I had a post-it on my screen that read "Have you written your page today" (following the advice of a prolific qualitative scholar). After a few weeks during which the daily answer was "no", I ripped it off the screen again in rage!.

Great point! In grad school I briefly thought "writing every day" = "words on paper every day", which was a big source of frustration!. At least for quant. work, I find it more helpful to allocate "project time" to work on whichever step of the process that needs attention /1.