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Mapping German Billionaires

I made a recent visit to Munich where I presented some of my dissertation work at the International Stone Center for Inequality Research ’s wealth conference. It’s not directly related to my work – I don’t (yet) look at the spatial distribution of wealth concentration and its determinants – but I was curious to know how the largest German fortunes are distributed geographically. And, of course,…

Is France really facing a financial crisis?

Ardent readers of the New York Times might be forgiven for worrying about the state of France’s economy today. After all, headlines on the front page this morning describe France as headed toward “ another government collapse ” with “ financial woes […] pushing its government to the brink .” Borrowing costs are up, they note, Prime Minister François Bayrou will soon be left…