Jayati Ghosh, was interviewed on PS Say More about inflation, the IMF and debt, women’s empowerment and more. “[A]dvanced-economy rate hikes have caused far-reaching damage, especially in the developing world, though developed countries, too, stand to lose. And the rate hikes may not have even been necessary, because inflation was always going to decline as cost pressures subsided,” Read more...
Gregor Semieniuk, economics and PERI, has co-authored an opinion piece outlining research that demonstrates how moving away from fossil fuels will impact the wealthy more than those with lower incomes: “We estimate that losses amount to less than half a percent of the net wealth of [the] wealthiest 1% or 10% of Americans.” Inequality ensures that feared financial losses moving away from fossil fuels will fall most heavily on the wealthy, and not on the poor and middle class. 
Léonce Ndikumana, economics and PERI, was interviewed at the recent Research Dissemination on Capital Flight and Natural Resources in Ghana about growing wealth inequality in the nation, which has seen individual private wealth grow to US$56 billion yet experiences capital flight benefiting foreign investors: "The data clearly show there are sufficient local individuals with the means to invest."