Silja Häusermann is professor of political science at the University of Zurich. She is a co-editor of The Politics of Advanced Capitalism (Cambridge University Press, 2015) and of the forthcoming The World Politics of Social Investment (Oxford University Press). Jane Gingrich is an associate professor of comparative political economy at the University of Oxford. She works on welfare reform, education policy and preferences. She is a member of the CIFAR Innovation, Equity and Prosperity working group.