The Forbes 400 is one of the few sources of data that tracks the extremely wealthy in the USAover a significant period of time. We examine this list from 2004 to 2015, which brackets the 2008-09 financial crisis, and compare mobility before and after the crisis. In particular, the pre-crisis...

Sikh teachings emphasize hard work and individual responsibility, as well as sharing and social justice. Those teachings also speak to the fundamental limits of material wealth accumulation. This paper examines how millennial Sikhs in northern California individually and collectively address the...

In addition to broad moral and spiritual guidance, the Sikh tradition’s central sacred text offers perspectives on the conduct of daily affairs in economic activities such as trade, farming and governance. This paper elucidates the moral and ethical perspectives contained in this text, with a...

This paper analyzes the Sikh religious tradition in light of research on the connections between religion, morality and economics. Sikhism provides a compact and well-documented example of the creation and evolution of a religious community, in which moral guidance is paramount, but interacts...

This paper analyzes the short-run dynamics and changing sources of wealth among the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest individuals in the United States, using annual data for 12 years spanning before and after the financial crisis of 2008-9. Over the entire time period the growth of wealth was...

“Digital India” commonly refers to an initiative of the Government of India, which includes three areas: digital infrastructure as a utility for all citizens, governance and services on demand, and digital empowerment of citizens. This paper broadens the concept of Digital India to an...

This paper examines the relationship between wealth holdings and patterns of various household characteristics, including education, occupation, wealth portfolio structures and inheritance. The focus is on comparing the wealth levels of Black and White Americans, and relating differences in...

This paper provides an overview and analysis of India’s public spending on internal security, especially in the category of police services. It describes and evaluates the central government’s spending on internal security, its levels, patterns and, where possible, its outcomes. It then...