Publications

Ricardo has written and co-authored publications on various topics related to economics, inequality, and social development. Some of his works include:

• Beyond Income

  A New Approach to Measuring Multidimensional Poverty in Mexico" (with Laura Juarez and Santiago Levy) - Published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management in 2012, the paper presents a multidimensional poverty index for Mexico that considers various dimensions of deprivation beyond income, such as education, health, and access to basic services.

• An Economy for the 1%

  How privilege and power in the economy drive extreme inequality and how this can be stopped." (With Deborah Hardoon and Sophia Ayele) - Published for Oxfam International in 2016, this book analyzed global income and wealth data, revealing that the global inequality crisis was reaching a new extreme.

• Risk, shocks, and human development: on the brink

  With Papa Seck and other chapter authors

  A 2016 book examining the effects of external shocks such as extreme climate events on indicators of human development like education and health.

• Inequality, power, and privilege

  With Alfredo Gonzáles Reyes

  A 2016 Foreign Affairs article analyzing the relationship of economic inequality with other forms of inequality, such as gender-based inequality.

• Mexico and the Coronavirus: Government Passiveness in an Unequal Society

  With Alfredo Gonzáles Reyes

  A 2020 analysis of the inaction of Mexico's government in the face of the Covid pandemic.

• AMLO Must Change Course in the Face of this Crisis

  With Alfredo Gonzáles Reyes

  A 2020 Washington Post opinion piece critiquing the Mexican president's response to economic strains brought on the Covid pandemic.

• The Way we Voluntarily Pay Taxes

  With Alfredo Gonzáles Reyes

  A 2021 research paper explaining tax morale, fairness, and justice, and proposing a pathway toward higher rates of voluntary tax compliance.