HeyJaredInheriting Inequality
Law professor deconstructing the hidden machinery of wealth dynasties, gendered property, and economic ghosts.
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The Rentier Witch (opens the original)
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A hundred years ago this year, Sylvia Townsend Warner published Lolly Willowes, a novel about a middle-aged “spinster” who leaves her brother's house in London and moves to a village in the Chilterns, where she becomes a witch.1 It’s a book about a single woman finding herself outside of the traditional family structure, discarding standard forms of authority that control women, and finding freedom in the company of Satan and her cat. It is also a book about a woman and her inherited income, whi
Inheritance, Inc.: College Edition (opens the original)
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The semester is in full swing at campuses across the country. Students have deliberated over philosophy sections and started chemistry labs. They have signed up for clubs and already been in fights about group projects. There are also, walking around campus, the students who are attending secret classes. They are following syllabi and having class discussions that we will never know about. <a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Bj9F!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_prog
Nine Houses: Connect the Dots (opens the original)
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Yesterday was the official publication day for my book, The House That Family Money Built, and I am so grateful to everyone for their support, enthusiasm, and general willingness to share joy with me around this big day. I thought I’d take today to answer one of the questions that I get most often about the book’s title: what does it mean?Most commonly, the term “family money” evokes images of inherited wealth, trust funds, and large estates with manicured lawns and rows of family portraits. Thi
A Roadmap to Inheriting Inequality (opens the original)
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I can pinpoint the exact minute when I became interested in inheritance law.My fascination started when I was a first-year law student and saw a reproduction of this William Hogarth print in a textbook about the history of the common law. <img alt="" class="si
Square Footage for Women (opens the original)
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One of the more iconic places on the Yale campus is a white Federal-style house at 306 York Street. It’s where you’ll find Mory’s. Mory’s opened in 1849 as an alehouse on Wooster Street, and became the stomping grounds of the Yale crew team in the 1860s, when they would stop in after practice for the famous Welsh rarebit and drinks. The Widow Moriarty was known for knitting as she sat in her rocking chair during the long evenings, strictly enforcing closing time by announcing, “Twelve o’clock, g
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