Inheriting Inequality
Deconstructing the hidden legal machinery of wealth and power through legal texts, economic data, novels, and art. Because whether it’s a 16th-century witch engraving or an asset-protection trust, the same machinery runs in the background.
“Are you interested in learning more about how inherited wealth shapes narratives, both now and in earlier times in history? Then this is the Substack for you.”...”
Claire Laporte, The Duck-Billed Reader
“Allison is a law professor who studies money, inheritance, marriage, and who gets to build and keep wealth. She is incredibly knowledgeable, but what I like most is that she brings that knowledge to questions that affect ordinary families. Why do women and men often inherit differently? How do marriage and divorce shape wealth? Who really benefits from the rules we live by? Inheriting Inequality will make you think differently about money, family, and the laws quietly shaping both.”...”
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“Allison holds a wealth of information about taxes and law and applies it to language, culture, literature, fairy tales -- all the good stuff.”...”
Tarra, Light Work