February 19, 2025
Kalsi's research featured in NPR’s ‘Planet Money’
Priti Kalsi, associate professor of economics, co-authored “The Gilded Age and Beyond: The Persistence of Elite Wealth in American History,” which was recently highlighted on NPR’s Planet Money as one of “5 economic papers that lit up our brains.” The study finds that while the wealthiest individuals tend to drop in rankings over time, having a wealthy grandparent significantly increases the likelihood of reaching the top 1 percent.
