The inherited income it took for Lolly Willowes to meet Satan

How venture capital is building a new system of inherited privilege on campus

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

Real estate passed down without a clear title of ownership can prevent families from creating generational wealth.

People assumed Buffett was avoiding taxes or warehousing the money. Experts say the more telling question is how he's giving it away.

Creditworthiness, credit ratings, and how the system trained us to give up our data privacy

Almost three-quarters of those set to inherit from Baby Boomers are already in the top 10% by household net worth

Recent purchases of media properties are raising questions about editorial independence.

Explore the legal causes of wealth inequality with Allison Anna Tait, Author.

On queens, coverture, and how law selectively extends personhood

Rebooting a legal regime of enforced dependency

Everything begins and ends with an inheritance. And capital comes in all forms. Let’s explore how inheritance shapes both identity and inequality. Click to read Inheriting Inequality, by Allison Tait,...

Wealth taxes, billionaire flight, and the political economy of defining surplus

The whistle is sounding in Minneapolis. The question before the legal profession is whether we will hear it, amplify it, and act accordingly, or instead insist that the ground eroding beneath our feet...

As the government seeks to erase the past injustices and achievements of marginalized groups, it is worth recalling how those gains were made. Parents, partners, students, and lawyers pursued a more…