Silver Dialogues Essay
In these notes, I attempt to outline and discuss questions of some importance in my field of research. In doing this, I am faced with a dilemma: I work, although not with frequent success, in more than one field. With some simplification, it is probably fair to say that I am currently pursuing two lines of research, one having to do with the study of income and wealth distribution, and the other addressing collective action and group formation. Providing an account of the many interesting questions in both these areas of research would make for a large, unwieldy and generally rambling document. So I have decided to restrict the scope of this essay to particular aspects of my research on income distribution. However, I invite you to visit my homepage, which stores all my research, including working papers on the different topics that currently interest me. Read More...