In this episode, Marlon Seror explores how one of the most radical social transformations in recent human history affected economic inequality in China. He demonstrates that inequality persisted despite two revolutions in the same century.
Working Paper:
“Persistence Despite Revolutions”, with Alberto Alesina, David Y. Yang, Yang You and Weihong Zeng
Most recent version (August 2022): https://marlonseror.github.io/papers/PersistenceDespiteRevolutions.pdf
Recommendation:
“To Live” (1992) by Hua Yu