Wendy M. Rahn

University of Minnesota

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Rahn will work on a book manuscript examining the parallel between rising economic inequality and the growing political clout of citizen investors. She will show how the historical trends of rising inequality, the "financialization" of the American economy, and Americans’ expanded participation in the financial market have helped shape and condition citizen’s policy preferences and political behavior.

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Citizen Investors: The Democratization of the Stock Market and the Transformation of American Politics

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Social Inequality

Since 2001, the Foundation’s Social Inequality program has examined the social and political consequences of rising economic inequality. The program has investigated a variety of areas of social life, from education and health care to intergenerational mobility, to determine whether the increasing financial gap between the rich and poor has also exacerbated social inequalities of the kind that amplify and entrench economic differences.

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