Our leads @mqpellicer.bsky.social and @evawegner.bsky.social presented two #PoWER project papers on tax policy bias and parliamentary property assets at LMU Munich's Politics of Taxation workshop. 📊 #PolSci wealthpolicies.eu/activities

Our team members @gventurini.bsky.social and @dalexiadou.bsky.social presented at #APSA2026, adressing questions: • Do female finance ministers govern differently than men? • How does the post-political "revolving door" career gap affect women? wealthpolicies.eu/activities 📊 #PolSci

New post by @ibrahimkuran.bsky.social 🚀 Why is the IMF addressing wealth inequality? This post examines IMF's shifting attitude towards wealth inequality in terms of "adaptive capitalism governance" - recalibrating to protect system stability: wealthpolicies.eu/blog6-adapti...

🇦🇹 PoWER team at ECPR Joint Sessions, Innsbruck! Prof. Pellicer presented on how finance ministers' tax preferences shape their post-political careers (50 countries). Dr. Kuran presented wealth bias in tax policy-making in UK and DE. Great interactions & feedback! #PoliticsofTaxation #TaxPolicy #ECPR

In new blog, @arindamjana.bsky.social and colleagues explain how wealth doesn't just persist - it self-reinforces. The "millionaire flight" story to block reform? A myth. Simulations show wealth tax is best understood as public finance tool, not fix for inequality. wealthpolicies.eu/blog-5-the-p...

We joined #PerspectivesWealth2026 symposium in Hannover - organized by @volkswagenstiftung.de. We presented early results on our research intersecting politicians, policies & wealth reproduction. Two great days of ideas shared with researchers across disciplines! wealthpolicies.eu/activities

In the third episode of podcast series, Benjamin Ashworth and Stephen Ramsay (University of Strathclyde) discuss politicians' occupational backgrounds in Latin America and Europe, exploring which professions they come from and how career paths differ across regions. wealthpolicies.eu/podcast-no-3...

Last week we welcomed @heikekluever.bsky.social to talk about "Who Becomes a Lobbyist?" — a comparative look at career pathways, networks, and the role of institutional differences that shape political influence in Germany & the U.S. Thanks to everyone for the lively Q&A! inq-dp.eu/index.php/ev...

Politicians' financial interests shape policy but transparency varies wildly. Our blog post compares disclosure rules & lobbying regulations in DE, UK, BR & SA. Who's hiding what - where's democratic accountability? 🔍 wealthpolicies.eu/money-power-...

Do politicians' backgrounds shape policy? Prof Pimenta & Dr Lima underline lawmakers come from privileged backgrounds and this bias influence which policies get passed. In their PoWER research, they explore how policy-makers' career influence income concentration wealthpolicies.eu/how-politici...

In our new blogpost, Prof Vimal Ranchhod and Dr @arindamjana.bsky.social (University of Cape Town) explain why wealth inequality is much more persistent and harder to measure compared to income inequalitity: wealthpolicies.eu/blog-4-the-g...

Dr Kuran reviewed *The Triumph of Injustice* (Saez & Zucman, 2019) for the PoWER blog. The book presents an excellent empirical analysis of tax inequality in the USA. wealthpolicies.eu/book-review-...

Our Principal Investigator, Prof @evawegner.bsky.social introduces and discusses the signifance of the PoWER project - reproduction of wealth through politics and policies. Possible to achieve democracy in the age of heightened social divides and wealth inequality? www.youtube.com/live/qe57FPi...

Money, money, money – Regiert Geld die Welt?

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In May '25, Dr @gventurini.bsky.social attended Empirical Study of Gender Research Network Workshop at ITAM, Mexico City, presenting “Women in Top Ministerial Positions” (w/ Dr Alexiadou), examining gender differences in ministers’ profiles, qualifications & networks. wealthpolicies.eu/activities

In Sept '25, Dr @dalexiadou.bsky.social (PoWER WP1) presented “Do Their Interests Matter? Finance Ministers & Wealth Inequality in Europe” (w/ Dr Venturini, Prof Pellicer & Prof Wegner), showing how finance ministers’ professional interests shape tax & finance policies. wealthpolicies.eu/activities

Prof Eva Wegner & Prof Miquel Pellicer (Principal Investigators based at the University of Marburg) introduce the PoWER project and explain the significance of their research - why policies/politicians favor wealthy & how wealth bias work in politics www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/news/stor...

Politics and wealth: a lopsided alliance? | VolkswagenStiftung

A small, rich minority is becoming increasingly wealthy. Eva Wegner and Miquel Pellicer ask: How does politics contribute to growing economic inequality – and whose interests do MPs actually represent...

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