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
Working on the history of inequality and social mobility and on the history of pandemics & other catastrophes
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"
"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"
October 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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"
"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"
October 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Thanks! 🙏It has been great hosting you all in Milan!
October 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Thanks! 🙏It has been great hosting you all in Milan!
The link to attend the conference via zoom can also be found below (scroll to the bottom of the page). Among the participants, @brankomilan.bsky.social @jrodriguezweber.bsky.social @artolam.bsky.social @ggabbuti.bsky.social @martinhist.bsky.social and many others!
www.unibocconi.it/it/eventi/in...
www.unibocconi.it/it/eventi/in...
Inequality & History - Università Bocconi
Organizzato da DONDENA
www.unibocconi.it
October 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The link to attend the conference via zoom can also be found below (scroll to the bottom of the page). Among the participants, @brankomilan.bsky.social @jrodriguezweber.bsky.social @artolam.bsky.social @ggabbuti.bsky.social @martinhist.bsky.social and many others!
www.unibocconi.it/it/eventi/in...
www.unibocconi.it/it/eventi/in...
In Renaissance Florence, the Medici family had the habit of holding a procession on the Feast of the Epiphany dressed as the Three Wise Men. Why would this matter for our understanding of social mobility in the past - and maybe not only in the past...? 👇
September 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
In Renaissance Florence, the Medici family had the habit of holding a procession on the Feast of the Epiphany dressed as the Three Wise Men. Why would this matter for our understanding of social mobility in the past - and maybe not only in the past...? 👇
Glimpses from the Lecture: in the last seven centuries or so, inequality grew almost constantly - the only phases of decline were triggered by major catastrophes (the interpretation of the data is slightly less depressing that it might seem...) (but just slightly, mind...)👇
September 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Glimpses from the Lecture: in the last seven centuries or so, inequality grew almost constantly - the only phases of decline were triggered by major catastrophes (the interpretation of the data is slightly less depressing that it might seem...) (but just slightly, mind...)👇