Are democracies more equal than autocracies? What does inequality mean? Julian Garritzmann and Marius Busemeyer talk in this episode about this questions and the complicated relationship between inequality and democracy . Check out the literature and interesting links mentioned during the episode: Politics of Inequality Cluster of Excellence at the University of Konstanz (https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/en/inequality/) The Cluster’s Inequality Barometer (https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/en/inequality/topics/the-inequality-barometer/) Wilkinson/Pickett: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger (https://www.google.de/books/edition/The_Spirit_Level/WJbtCAAAQBAJ?hl=de) Hacker/Pierson: Winner Take All Politics (https://www.google.de/books/edition/Winner_Take_All_Politics/Pjofa9Z1ProC?hl=de&gbpv=1&dq=hacker+pierson+winner+take+all&printsec=frontcover) Garritzmann: Political Economy of Higher Education Finance (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-29913-6) Busemeyer/Tober: European integration and the political economy of inequality (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1465116515591832?casa_token=yx8aOs_yMWYAAAAA:Xti1gHxyPYzANmxtal0csUwKq-2_dKNPL0M0Tc8ew66nSyKd-eKo_OHlEb-n2qso4hGfvx7HT4wy) Schakel/Burgoon/Hakhverdian: Real but unequal representation in Welfare State Reform (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0032329219897984) Busemeyer/Garritzmann/Neimanns: A loud but noisy signal? Public opinion and education reform in Western Europe (https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/loud-but-noisy-signal/2BE73266F8A69275E7D14FA784B7FFC0) Carles Boix: Democracy and Redistribution (https://books.google.de/books?hl=de&lr=&id=2_nYWobBKlQC&oi=fnd&pg=PP10&dq=carles+boix+democracy+and+redistribution&ots=BLVGkHl0eT&sig=0Tc_P4Xb11kSwjcK-dWv9h19Jps#v=onepage&q=carles%20boix%20democracy%20and%20redistribution&f=false) Dahl: Polyarchy (https://www.google.de/books/edition/Polyarchy/LRG7ngEACAAJ?hl=de) Anna Krämling’s research:https://www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/50696318/Anna_Krämling Lea Elsässer’s research:https://vergleich.politik.uni-mainz.de/dr-lea-elsaesser/ Susanne Garritzmann’s research:https://sites.google.com/view/sgarritzmann/ Also check this nice tool on perception of inequality by the OECD: https://www.compareyourincome.org