In the News

Ignacio Fariza. “El dilema de Latinoamérica: subir impuestos o el abismo de la deuda.” El País. May 8, 2021.

Patrick Gillespie and Maya Averbuch. “Covid’s Shockwaves Took Poverty in Latin America to a New Nadir.” Bloomberg. May 5, 2021.

Mac Margolis. “Latin America’s Schools Are Flunking COVID: Muddled policies risk educational setbacks that could cost the region up to $1.2 trillion in lifetime earnings.” Bloomberg Opinion. January 25, 2021.

Interview with El País – El dilema de proteger vidas y proteger fuentes de ingreso es, desafortunadamente, real”

Interview with Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality – CUNY. “Measuring Inequality and the ‘Missing Rich’: The Challenges of Capturing the Income and Wealth of the Most Affluent.”

Entrevista en CNN en Español: Ingreso básico universal: ¿a quiénes y cuánto dar ante la crisis del COVID-19?

“Coronavirus set to push 29m Latin Americans into poverty.” Financial Times. Michael Stott. April 27, 2020.

Nora Lustig: “30 years ago, Inequality was in the fringes. Now, concern about Inequality is everywhere.” Paris School of Economics Newsletter. Interview. July 2018.

“Economics professor brings academic angle to G20 committee.” Tulane University. Faith Dawson. November 28, 2017.

Capitalism Will Shrink Inequality.In Fact, It’s Happening.” Bloomberg View. Noah Smith. March 23, 2017.

Seminario Internacional: “La agenda social y las relaciones exteriores de México.” Fundacíon Vidanta. October 25-26, 2016. Dia 1 y Dia 2

“A Rougher Road for Redistribution.” Too Much. A Comment on Excess and Inequality. Interview. April 1, 2016.

OAS Interview: “Working for an Equity Agenda in the Americas – Interview with Nora Lustig.” Washington, D.C. February, 2016.

“How Well Are Latin American Nations Fighting Poverty?” Latin American Advisor. Featured Q & A. October 29, 2015.

CGD Podcast: “Reducing Inequality Does Not Equal Reducing Poverty – Podcast with Nora Lustig.” Washington, D.C. October 26, 2015.

“Declining Inequality in Latin America,” IMF Podcast. August 29, 2015.

“Will Poverty Reduction Remain Stalled in the Region?” Latin American Advisor. Featured Q & A. February 6, 2015.

“The Commitment to Equity Assessment (CEQ) – Nora Lustig” Stitcher Radio Global Prosperity Wonkcast. Center for Global Development. February 3, 2015.

“A renda e suas explicações”, Valor Economico – Inequality in Brazil. February 1, 2015.

“Latin America: Inequality and Commitment to Equity. An Interview with Nora Lustig,” UNU-WIDER Development Conference. September 5-6, 2014.

“Wealth redistribution tracked in Latin America,” NewWave, Tulane University, November 4, 2013.

“How Committed to Equity are Latin American Governments?,” Interview as part of the Online Forum: The Redistributive Impact of Fiscal Policies, VoxLACEA, April 1, 2013.

“Chavez’ economic policy,” Scott Tong, Marketplace, National Public Radio, January 8, 2013. (via phone)

“The Rise of the Middle Class in Latin America,” Howard Schneider, The Washington Post, November 8, 2012. (via phone)

“Interview with Nora Lustig: ‘Fiscal Incidence, Fiscal Mobility and the Poor: A New Approach,” VoxLACEA, Lima, Peru, November 4, 2012.

“Opinion Nora Lustig: Should social benefits be targeted or universal,” The Watson Institute for International Studies, April 2012.

“Desigualdad,” Webcast for INDES (Inter-American Institute for Social and Economic Development) at the Inter-American Development Bank, February 1, 2012.

“Hail the Scholar-Practitioners: Nora Lustig,” Global Prosperity Wonkcast, By Lawrence MacDonald, Center for Global Development, August 22, 2011.

“Desigualdad en América Latina y el Perú,” La Hora, Peru, November 9, 2010.