Inheriting Inequality

Inheriting Inequality

A Sneak Preview of My Book, The House That Family Money Built
The book is currently in production and now available for pre-order!
Apr 8 • Allison Tait
Feme Sole Traders: Coverture's Second Exception
Feme covert at home, feme sole in the shop
May 6 • Allison Tait
To Be the Queen: Coverture's First Exception
On queens, coverture, and how law selectively extends personhood
Apr 29 • Allison Tait
Fraud, Fantasy, and Illicit Fortunes
On the city of London as a site of self-invention and wealth washing
Apr 22 • Allison Tait
The Museum as Inheritance
How museums are living genealogies of wealth and cultural ordering
Apr 15 • Allison Tait

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Coverture 2.0
Rebooting a legal regime of enforced dependency
Apr 1 • Allison Tait
Lady Credit and Girl Math
A very brief history of females, frivolity, fortune, and finance
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Mrs. Cardholder
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Lessons from the Three Pony Rule
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Mar 11 • Allison Tait
Poverty Line, Wealth Line
Wealth taxes, billionaire flight, and the political economy of defining surplus
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Taxing wealth? Live with David Roberts and Allison Tait
A recording from Allison Tait's live video
Mar 4 • Allison Tait and David Roberts
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Everything begins and ends with an inheritance. A law professor’s deep dive into how legal systems and family stories shape gender and wealth gaps.
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