Guido Alfani
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Guido Alfani
@guidoalfani.bsky.social

Economic historian & Historical demographer at Bocconi University, Milan. Affiliated scholar of the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, NY.
Working on the history of inequality and social mobility and on the history of pandemics & other catastrophes .. more

Economics 37%
Political science 21%

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🎙️ New episode of Dondena Decode - @bocconi.bsky.social

❔How can the past tell us something about democracy today?
@mariacarreri.bsky.social interviews @stasavage.bsky.social
(NYU) on history, power, and democratic institutions!

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Dondena Decode - Episode 10
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Un mio nuovo articolo su Il Sole 24 Ore, sulla povertà negli Stati Uniti. Com'è possibile che un Paese così ricco sia così reticente ad aiutare i suoi cittadini? Per capirlo, credo che si debba guardare anche alla storia 👇

Il ricco Paese dove dilaga la povertà www.ilsole24ore.com/art/il-ricco...
Il ricco Paese dove dilaga la povertà
I cittadini statunitensi sono convinti di vivere in una società molto più mobile socialmente e molto meno diseguale economicamente di quella reale
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In which I discuss the Broligarchs with the brilliant economic historian @guidoalfani.bsky.social of Bocconi University in Milan:
🎙️New episode of Dondena Decode!
🌍💸 Where does wealth really hide?

A deep dive into offshore financial systems with
@guidoalfani.bsky.social and @ebharrington.bsky.social on Dondena Decode and why it matters!
@bocconi.bsky.social

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Dondena Decode - Episode 9
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Un mio TED Talk, sul tema: "Sette secoli di disuguaglianza e (scarsa) mobilità sociale"... #inequality🙂👇
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Sette secoli di disuguaglianza e (scarsa) mobilità sociale | Guido Alfani | TEDxBari
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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🎙️New episode of Dondena Decode out now!
🌍 How will trade wars affect inequality, and which model of capitalism will prevail? Mattia Fochesato, from
Bocconi University, interviews Professor @brankomilan.bsky.social from
@stone-lis.bsky.social

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Dondena Decode - Episode 8
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🎙️ A new episode of Dondena Decode is out!
📌Nicoletta Balbo interviews Léa Pessin, on how AI-generated images can help us explore how individuals perceive, and react to, specific situations! @bocconi.bsky.social

🎧Listen at: open.spotify.com/episode/4yiy...

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Dondena Decode - Episode 7
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Glad to announce that the Dondena Annual Lecture 2025 is now online: delivered by Nobel laureate James Robinson, on the topic "Democracy in the 21st Century. Hierarchy, Egalitarianism and the Struggle over New Institutions"
@dondenacentre.bsky.social 👇
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Dondena Annual Lecture 2025 - Democracy in the 21st Century
YouTube video by Bocconi University
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🎙️ New episode of Dondena Decode is out!

📌 In this episode, Valeria Giacomin interviews Leandro Prados de la Escosura, who talks to us about economic freedom and well-being, and how they have evolved over time.

🎧 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/68FN...

#DondenaDecode #Podcast
Dondena Decode - Episode 6
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as professor Robinson argues:
"To me, the crisis of modern democracy in large parts of the world is really a crisis of [...] the ideological foundations of democracy, in some sense. People stopped believeing in democracy as the best system of government"

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In this episode of the Dondena Decode podcast I have the honour of interviewing Nobel laureate James Robinson on the reasons why modern democracy is proving to be a fragile institution, on the importance of studying the past, on the consequences of getting a Nobel...
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Dondena Decode - Episode 5
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