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Announcement: Join the Socio-Economic Review (SER) Café Event on May 26, 2026, via Zoom

On By Neha JangetiIn AnnouncementsLeave a comment

Join us for the next SER Café event on the theme “Financialization and the Reproduction of Inequality.” This one-hour Zoom session will feature a discussion with recent Socio-Economic Review authors Angelina Grigoryeva (University of Toronto), and Bruno Bonizzi (City St George’s, University of London).

In her 2025 article “The shift to stock-based compensation and gender inequality in wealth in the United States”, Angelina Grigoryeva uses Survey of Consumer Finances data to show that stock-based compensation, though a more powerful vehicle for wealth accumulation than regular wages, disproportionately benefits men—especially at the top of the wealth distributions.

The second article “Pension financialization and workplace pension wealth inequality: evidence from Britain” by Bruno Bonizzi, Hulya Dagdeviren, and Benjamin Tippet, examines how the shift from Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution pensions has reshaped pension wealth inequality in Britain. They identify four key channels through which DC pensions aggravate inequality—the inequality of pension contributions, lack of redistributive mechanisms, the compounding effects of missed contributions, and unequal capacity for financial risk. Bruno Bonizzi will join the discussion to represent the author team.

The event will take place on May 26, 2026 (Tuesday) at 10:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM CT / 1:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM UK time.
Please register at this link. 

As with all SER Café events, this session will prioritize dynamic conversation with the authors over lengthy presentations. Come ready to engage, ask questions, and discuss. Our authors look forward to your questions and comments.

Team SER Café (Ezgi, Fan, and Kyungmo)
Socio-Economic Review

SER Café Event: Taxing the Super Rich

On By Jessica UrzúaIn Announcements, virtual sessionLeave a comment

Join us for the next SER Café event on the theme “Taxing the Super Rich.” This session will feature a discussion with recent Socio-Economic Review authors Marlies Glasius (University of Amsterdam) and Andy Summers (London School of Economics).

In her 2025 article “Tax talk in the Rich Lists: from celebrating to scrutinizing the super-rich,” Marlies Glasius examines journalism surrounding the Sunday Times and Forbes Rich Lists from 1995 to 2022 to analyze how media narratives about taxing the super-rich have evolved, showing that coverage of wealth taxation and tax avoidance changed markedly after the global financial crisis.

The second article, “‘But Switzerland’s boring’: tax migration and the pull of place-specific cultural capital,” by Sam Friedman, Victoria Gronwald, Andy Summers, and Emma Taylor, investigates how economic elites weigh taxation when deciding where to live, finding that attachment to place—particularly London’s cultural infrastructure—often outweighs the financial incentives of tax migration. Andy Summers will join the discussion to represent the author team.

The event will take place on 30 March 2026 at 09:00 PDT / 17:00 BST / 18:00 CEST. Please register at this link: https://ucsd.zoom.us/meeting/register/Wf4VkWXFS12d0lfYdkuBaA.

As with all SER Café events, this session will prioritize dynamic conversation with the authors over lengthy presentations. Come ready to engage, ask questions, and discuss. Our authors look forward to your questions and comments.

Team SER Café (Ezgi, Fan, and Kyungmo)
Socio-Economic Review