by Brooke Harrington | Aug 24, 2026 | Offshore Finance, Other
2026, The Economist Why recent attacks on Sociology as left-wing activism are misplaced. Describing my own research and how I teach Introduction to Sociology, I argue that the study of inequality (our focus) is shared by all the social sciences: we differ mainly in...
by Brooke Harrington | Jul 23, 2025 | Tax & Policy
2025, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, DOI: 10.1057/s41599-025-05549-6; with Alice Guerra This study examines a relationship that has been implied by years of correlational research: that natives’ support for welfare redistribution declines when benefits...
by Brooke Harrington | Jul 23, 2025 | Offshore System, Uncategorized
2025, PLOS One, doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326228; with Herbert Chang & Daniel Rockmore. This paper examines variations in how the ultra-rich use the offshore financial system, based on users’ country of origin. We find that political conditions in...
by Brooke Harrington | Feb 25, 2025 | Elites & Oligarchs, Other
2025, New York Times The radical changes wrought by DOGE to the federal government during Trump’s first weeks in office are reminiscent in scope and speed to what Franklin Roosevelt did during his first 100 days in office, but with the opposite effects: instead...
by Brooke Harrington | Nov 24, 2024 | Elites & Oligarchs
2024, The Atlantic With the broligarchs–billionaire men from the high-tech and finance industries–granted sweeping powers over the federal government, what happens now? This article reviews what they’ve been up to & how their bizarre political...
