Wealth Inequality - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

learned first-hand about this inequity as a child in Philadelphia’s public schools. During a recent interview with Manny Maceda, Bain & Company’s worldwide managing partner, Frazier reflected on his experience: “My younger sister and... View Details

Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Boris Groysberg

September 2020 (Revised September 2021)
Case

Student Success at Georgia State University (A)

By: Michael W. Toffel, Robin Mendelson and Julia Kelley

Georgia State University had developed a reputation for driving student success by nearly doubling its graduation rate for students of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. It did so while growing its student body and the proportion of Black/African... View Details

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23 Sep 2020
News

HBS Action Plan for Racial Equity

that creates unacceptable, even dire inequities for our Black community members,” writes Nohria. “This moment has made urgently clear that the School must redouble its commitment to combat racism—and anti-Black racism in particular—to... View Details

29 Apr 2021
News

Equal Partner

daughter of Indian immigrants, Aditya was acutely aware of the inequalities that plague the venture capital world, including the less than 3 percent of VC money that goes to all-women founding teams (a number that is even smaller for... View Details

Keywords: Diversity; Inclusion

01 Jun 2011
News

America the Unequal

recent nationwide survey, my colleague Dan Ariely and I found that Americans drastically underestimated the level of wealth inequality in the United States, currently at levels not seen since the 1920s —... View Details

Keywords: income disparity; class mobility

19 Aug 2021
News

A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues

Help the Black Community. And in this episode of Skydeck, Rogers and I talk about the makings of America's racial wealth gap, why he thinks it is a root cause of the nation's racial crisis, and the tangible steps necessary to help erase... View Details

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Tools & Resources | Institute for Business in Global Society

provides an in-depth look at what is necessary to encourage more inclusive organizations and communities. Doing business in a divided world (pdf) This report provides an overview of various dimensions of inequality in the United States,... View Details

17 Feb 2015
HBS Case

HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco

globally, San Francisco may be the proverbial canary in the coal mine, displaying the negative effects of such rapid increases in wealth on a city's culture. "This is a place where the effects of View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

01 Jun 2008
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Faculty Books

incomes either among countries or within them. Inequalities of income and power emerge as a major societal issue alongside poverty, and the book develops alternative societal models based upon the degree of View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management

01 Mar 2007
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The Plight of the Global Poor

economies, and with them, the middle classes in emerging countries, have grown. But inequality within countries has also grown. Globalization has not really hurt those making $5 a day or less. But it has not helped them.” The View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; bottom of the pyramid (BOP); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2006
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CEO Compensation Troubles

increase in pay of senior executives and superstars in other fields has been a major source of the rising inequality of wages in the United States. Rising income inequality is political dynamite and damages... View Details

Keywords: Jay W. Lorsch; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

29 May 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: Introduction to the Future of Market Capitalism

trend of rising wealth will continue, a view that is shared by many global business leaders. But recent research conducted by HBS indicates that business leaders harbor many concerns about market capitalism and see critical challenges... View Details

Keywords: Re: Joseph L. Bower

13 Sep 2006
Op-Ed

Rising CEO Pay: What Directors Should Do

increase in pay of senior executives and superstars in other fields has been a major source of the rising inequality of wages in the United States. Rising income inequality is political dynamite and damages... View Details

Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch

01 Sep 2012
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What’s the Big Idea?

January. “I hope women and men will take it,” he says. —JH Spotlighting Inequality Michael Norton “It’s not only what they don’t know that gets ’em into trouble, it’s what they know for sure that just ain’t so.” This aphorism (with... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Corporate Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

30 Sep 2019
Book

Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership

superiority or inferiority of a given race (Gannon, 2016; Goodman, 2003; Kolbert, 2017), the color line persists as an enduring social issue in the United States. Over 150 years post-emancipation, the wealth gap between blacks and... View Details

December 2004
Supplement

Basic Statistics from the World Bank's World Development Indicators, 2004

By: David A. Moss, Sarah A. Brennan and Peter Epstein

Provides basic economic and social indicators for 145 countries, drawn from the World Bank's World Development Indicators (2004). The data include: population, land area, GNP per capita, real GDP growth, life expectancy, adult illiteracy, fertility rate, access to... View Details

Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Wealth and Poverty; Standards; Economics; Society

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21 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 21, 2010

continued collaboration. Building a Better America—One Wealth Quintile at a Time Authors:Michael I. Norton and Dan Ariely Publication:Perspectives on Psychological Science (forthcoming) Abstract Disagreements about the optimal level of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow

business that is creating economic opportunity for marginalized communities in the United States. McClain, who also completed a master’s in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, will serve as chief of staff at BrightUp, a seed-stage Boston-based fintech company... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

09 Dec 2020
News

How to Fix America

(MBA 1992), CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, suggests that we address the issue of wealth inequality by creating “a way for those with no investment assets to participate in the success of... View Details

26 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 26, 2008

issue alongside poverty, and the book develops alternative societal models based upon the degree of inequality in wealth and power. Since 1980, Anglo-American style capitalism has been a cause of increased... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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