Spanish Conquerors did not themselves bring #inequality to the Aztec lands they invaded: they exploited the extractive institutional framework that was already in existence, adapting it to suit their plans and adding further layers of inequality, explains Guido Alfani (SPS Department)

Guido Alfani reconstructs economic relationships in precolumbian Mexico, showing that Aztec rulers were ruthless exploiter

A paper by Valeria Giacomin and Christina Lubinski portrays the ups and downs of Ruth Handler, the woman who invented the world's most famous doll: the planetary success of Mattel, her downfall for false reporting and the eventual comeback with breast prostheses for women who underwent mastectomy

A field of studies of growing importance can be approached in several ways

An unprecedented number of seven ERC starting grants (plus one…) have been assigned to Bocconi young Faculty by the European Research Council